Joshua 21:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. ”

Joshua 21:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Levitical Cities. The cities promised by Moses to the Levites are here assigned to them. The sons of Aaron have 13 in Judah, the Levites 10 in Ephraim and Manasseh, 13 in Galilee, and 12 in the...
Joshua 21:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as the LORD. According as Jehovah.
Joshua 21:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Joshua 21:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. No JFB commentar...
Joshua 21:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Assignment of Forty-eight Cities to the Levites 2. The injunction to Moses was given in the plains of Moab, and is recorded in Numbers 35:2-5 . 3-8. Number and localities of the cities dis...
Joshua 21:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-8) The order of the distribution — viz., (1) to priests, (2) to Kohathites, (3) to Gershonites, (4) to Merarites — is in strict agreement with the order of priority observed in the exodus. In the...
Joshua 21:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES. Joshua 21:1-42 . ONCE and again we have found reference made to the fact that Levites received no territorial inheritance among their brethren (...
Joshua 21:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jacob's prophecy concerning Simeon and Levi: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel, was fulfilled in the case of Levi in the distribution of the tribe through all the other tribes....
Joshua 21:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I include all these verses in one point of view for the sake of shortness. If the Reader be desirous to look at them more particularly, he will discover how admirably they were all arranged and dispo...
Joshua 21:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs ,.... Reaching two thousand cubits from the cities all around: these cities did not lie all together, and so c...
Joshua 21:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CITIES GIVEN TO THE LEVITES (vs.1-42) Since the Levites were not given a tribal inheritance as were the other tribes, it was necessary that they should have cities among all the tribes Their repr...
Joshua 21:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Cities of the Levites. B. C. 1444. 1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the...
Joshua 21:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These cities with their suburbs; of which See Poole on " Numbers 35:2 " .
Joshua 21:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Detailed Description of the Cities Given. Joshua 21:8 ‘ And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses.' As men...
Joshua 21:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE CITIES FOR THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 21:1 . The heads of the fathers] On this phrase, cf. note on chap. Joshua 14:1 . The fathers of the tribe of Levi were Gershon,...
Joshua 21:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 21:2 . Suburbs for our cattle. The levites sharing the tithe of corn, only needed cattle, which were tithed as well as the corn; but they were either burnt on the altar, or consumed in feas...
Joshua 21:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Unto the Levites . .. these cities. Ministers liberally treated The liberality both of God and of His people to the ministers of God is here very marvellous, in giving forty-eight cities to...
Joshua 21:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES . Joshua 21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites. We are not to suppose, with Calvin, that the Levites had been ove...
Joshua 21:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Allotment in General
Joshua 21:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 18:6 ; Joshua 21:3 ; Numbers 32:2 ; Numbers 33:54 ; Numbers 35:3 ; Proverbs 16:33 ; Proverbs 18:18

Joshua 21:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 21:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 21:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 21:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 21:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 21:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 21:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 21:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 21:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 21:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 21:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 21:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge