John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 21:38
And out of the tribe of Gad ,.... Which also, as that of Reuben, lay on the other side Jordan: Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs ; of which see Joshua 20:8 , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and is the sixth and last city of refuge in this account: and Mahanaim with her suburbs ; here it was the angels met Jacob, which gave rise to the name of the place, Genesis 32:1 ; afterwards a city was built here, and was on the borders of the tribe of Gad, and belonged to it, ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 21:9-42
We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in which they lay?no, their interest in them was not dependent and precarious, but to be owned and possessed by them as lords and proprietors, and as having the same title to them that the rest of the tribes had to their cities or lands, as appears by the law which preserved the house in the Levites?... read more