Compare Joshua 19:18 and similar passages. Of the cities of the Gershonites, for Beesh-terah read (Beeshterah). The name is a contraction of Beth-A…

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs The same with Misheal, (Joshua 19:26); called Mashal, …

By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern t…