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A Textual Puzzle
Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill note that this verse presents a textual puzzle. It lists "four cities" but only names two (Dimnah and Nahalal). Furthermore, these names don't perfectly align with parallel lists in other parts of Scripture, such as 1 Chronicles 6. This is likely due to copyist errors over the centuries, a common challenge in ancient manuscripts.
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 21:34–40
18th Century
Theologian
Merarite cities. Some of these places are not found in the list of Zebulonite cities in (Joshua 19:10–16). The text is considered corru…
John Gill
On Joshua 21:35
17th Century
Pastor
Dimnah with her suburbs Nowhere mentioned, unless the same with Rimmon, (1 Chronicles 6:77);
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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…