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God's Strategic Placement
Matthew Henry highlights a key theological purpose behind the distribution of Levite cities. By placing Levites throughout Israel, God ensured spiritual teaching was accessible to all tribes and that the Levites themselves were held accountable, knowing 'the eyes of all Israel were upon them.'
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Joshua
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 21:27–33
18th Century
Theologian
Compare Joshua 19:18 and similar passages. Of the cities of the Gershonites, for Beesh-terah read (Beeshterah). The name is a contraction of Beth-A…
John Gill
On Joshua 21:32
17th Century
Pastor
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs. Of which see (Joshua 20:7);
Matthew Henry
On Joshua 21:9–42
17th Century
Minister
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…