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All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
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God's Strategic Placement
Matthew Henry highlights the divine wisdom in scattering the Levites among all the tribes. This strategic placement ensured religious instruction was available throughout the land and kept the Levites accountable, as 'the eyes of all Israel were upon them.'
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families Which were distributed…
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…
