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Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
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A Biblical 'Math Problem'
This verse lists "twenty and two cities," but the number of named cities in the preceding list doesn't match. Commentators offer two main explanations for this. Some suggest that a few city names were likely lost over time through scribal copying. Others propose that some of the listed towns were only on the border and not counted in the final tally for the tribe of Asher. This shows how scholars address minor textual difficulties in Scripture.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses refer to the northern portion of the territory of Asher, on the Phoenician frontier. Some names may have dropped out of the text, the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ummah also Ummah is not mentioned anywhere else.
and Aphek; of which (See Gill on Joshua 12:18);
Joshua waited until all the tribes were settled before he asked for any provision for himself. He was content to be unsettled until he saw them all…