John Gill Commentary Joshua 18:26

"and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah," — Joshua 18:26 (ASV)

And Mizpeh
Frequent mention is made of Mizpeh in Scripture; according to Fuller ^F20 , it was about eight miles from Gibeah; it was near Ramathon, which Josephus says ^F21 was forty furlongs from Jerusalem;

and Chephirah
was one of the cities subject to Gibeon, (Joshua 9:17) .

and Mozah ;
there was a place called Motza, near to Jerusalem, where they used to go to get willows at the feast of tabernacles ^F23 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F20: Pisgah-Sight, B. 2. c. 12. p. 209.
• F21: Antiqu. l. 8. c. 12. sect. 3.
• F23: Misn. Succah, c. 4. sect. 5.