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A Detailed Inheritance
This verse is part of a highly organized list of cities given to Judah, grouped by geographical region. Commentators note this section lists nine cities in the mountain district. This systematic cataloging shows that God's promise of land was not a vague idea, but a specific, tangible, and detailed inheritance for His people.
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Joshua
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 15:21–63
18th Century
Theologian
List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely, those of …
Charles Ellicott
On Joshua 15:54
19th Century
Bishop
Of this total of nine, six have been found.
John Gill
On Joshua 15:54
17th Century
Pastor
And Humtah
Of Humtah we nowhere else read;
and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron ;
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Matthew Henry
On Joshua 15:20–63
17th Century
Minister
Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not find Bethlehem here, which later became the city of David and was ennobled by the birth of our…