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and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
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God's Strategic Placement
Commentator Albert Barnes notes that the priestly cities listed, including Holon and Debir, were all located in the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. He highlights this as an act of divine providence, as God was strategically placing the priestly families near the very spot He had already chosen as the future site of His temple in Jerusalem.
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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…
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Reformed Baptist
And Holon with her suburbs (See Gill on Joshua 15:51); and Debir with her suburbs; (See Gill on Joshua 15:49).
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…
