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All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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God's Strategic Placement
Commentator Albert Barnes points out that the thirteen cities given to the priests were all located within the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. He notes that this was God's providence at work, strategically placing the priestly families near the very spot He would later choose for His temple in Jerusalem, demonstrating His foreknowledge and sovereign plan.
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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
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests Those of the Kohathites that came from him: [were] …
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…
