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Joshua 21:25 KJV
Joshua · chapter 21 · verse 25
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.Joshua 21:25 · King James Version
Joshua 21:25 in context
23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
27And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- GathrimmonGath-RimmôwnGath-Rimmon, a place in PalestineH1667 →
- ManassehMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- suburbsmigrâsha suburbH4054 →
- TanachTaʻănâkTaanak or Tanak, a place in PalestineH8590 →
- tribemaṭṭeha branchH4294 →
- halfmachătsîytha halving or the middleH4276 →
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We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in which they lay - no, their interest in them was not dependent and precarious, but to be owned and possessed by them as…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-42