78And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
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And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; …
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 54-81)We have here an account of the Levites’ cities. They are here called their castles (1 Chron. 6:54), not only because walled and fortified, and well guarded by the country (for it is the interest of every nation to protect its ministers), but because they and their possessions were, in a particular manner, the care of the divine providence: as God was their portion, so God was their protection; and…
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