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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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Joshua

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Joshua 19:28–30

18th Century

Theologian

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 …

John Gill

John Gill

On Joshua 19:30

17th Century

Pastor

Ummah also
Ummah is not mentioned anywhere else.

and Aphek; of which (See Gill on Joshua 12:18);

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Joshua 19:17–51

17th Century

Minister

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…