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Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
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God's Strategic Placement
Commentator Albert Barnes highlights God's divine providence in this arrangement. The priestly cities, including Anathoth and Almon, were concentrated in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, strategically placing the priests near Jerusalem, the spot God had already chosen as the future site of His temple.
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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
Anathoth with her suburbs This is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:11–28); it was …
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…
