約書亞記 21:9-16 CUNPTS

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 21:12

The fields of the city - gave they to Caleb - This was an exclusive privilege to him and his family, with which the grant to the Levites did not interfere. See the notes on Joshua 14:14 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:1-45

The ecclesiastical settlement of Canaan. Though the ecclesiastical institutions of the Christian Church differ, in some respects materially, from these of the Jewish, yet inasmuch as the law and the gospel came from the same All-wise Hand, we may naturally expect that the main principles of each will be the same. Perhaps we have insisted too much of late on the fact that the law was "done away in Christ," and too little on the qualifying truth that Christ came "not to destroy, but to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:11

In the hill country of Judah. The word in the original is הַר , mountain, the title which is consistently applied to the highlands of Palestine in the Bible, while our version translates indiscriminately by "mountain" and "hill." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:12

The fields. The original is in the singular. We are not necessarily, therefore, to suppose that the land was mapped out into divisions analogous to our fields. Our word "land" would more accurately represent the meaning of the original, which refers to the arable and pasture land in the neighbourhood of the city, with the agricultural villages or homesteads dotted about it. Keil contends that the Levites only received as many houses within the city as they needed, and that the rest belonged... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:13

Hebron with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer. Rather, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and her cattle drives (see note above on Joshua 21:2 ). The translation in our version obscures the meaning, which is clearly that the cities of refuge were first fixed on, and then assigned to the Levites. Most of the cities in the following list have been noticed already. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:16

Ain with her suburbs. We have "Ashan" in 1 Chronicles 6:59 . If the view taken above of Ain (see note on Joshua 15:32 , and Joshua 19:7 ) be correct, Ashen is the true reading here. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 21:9-19

The thirteen priestly cities (see the marginal references) were all in the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Thus, as Calvin remarks, God so overruled it that the priestly families were placed upon the spot which He had determined before hand to choose as the site of His temple. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 21:9-10

Joshua 21:9-10. Judah and Simeon These are mentioned together, because the cities of Simeon lay within Judah’s portion. Families That is, of the family, the plural number being put for the singular which is not unusual. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 21:12

Joshua 21:12. The fields and villages That is, all beyond the two thousand cubits expressed Numbers 35:5. This is here mentioned, not as his peculiar case, but as one eminent instance, to show that it was so in all the rest of the cities here named; that the fields and villages thereof still belonged to the several tribes from whom the cities and their suburbs were taken. It would make the rest of the Israelites more cheerfully resign part of their possessions to the Levites, considering... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 21:16

Joshua 21:16. And Ain Ain and Gibeon, and some others here named, are not named 1 Chronicles 6:59. Either they were destroyed in some of those invasions wherewith their land was grievously wasted before that time, or they appear there under other names. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 21:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:1-45

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 21:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 21:9-19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 21:9-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 21:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 21:16

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