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Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
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God's Strategic Placement
Commentators note that the priestly cities, including Gibeon and Geba in Benjamin, were all located in the southern tribes. This is seen as an act of divine providence, as God was strategically positioning the priests near the very spot He would later choose for 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 out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs , &c.] (See Gill on Joshua 18:25); from which cam…
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…
