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Summary of the Allotment
This verse summarizes the allotment for one of the three Levitical clans. Commentators explain that the 13 cities for the Gershonites were drawn from four northern tribes: Manasseh, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali. This fulfilled God's command to provide for the priestly tribe.
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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 21:33
17th Century
Pastor
All the cities of the Gershonites, according to their families Which were divided among them, according to the number of …
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…