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They gave them Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs of it round about it.
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God's Strategic Placement
Commentator Albert Barnes, citing Calvin, points out God's providence in this land grant. The priestly cities were concentrated in the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, the very region where God would later establish His temple in Jerusalem. This shows God's sovereign plan unfolding in the geography of Israel.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The thirteen priestly cities (see the marginal references) were all in the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Thus, as Calvin remarks, God so o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they gave them the city of Arba, the father of Anak Which from him was called Kirjatharba, ([Reference Joshua 14…
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…
