Joshua 21:1-18
leaders ................... leaders <07218> [the heads.]
Eleazar <0499> [Eleazar.]
Shiloh <07887> [Shiloh.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
Levites <03881> [unto the Levites.]
descendants <01121> [the children.]
tribes <04294> [the tribe.]
These tribes furnished more habitation to the Levites, in proportion, than any of the other tribes, because they possessed a more extensive inheritance, agreeably to what Moses had commanded (Nu 35:8.) It is worthy of remark, that the principal part of this tribe, whose business was to minister at the sanctuary, which sanctuary was afterwards established at Jerusalem, had their appointment nearest to that city; so that they were always within reach of the sacred work which God had appointed them.
lot <01486> [by lot.]
Lord <03068> [as the Lord.]
cities <05892> [these cities.]
listed <07121> [mentioned. Heb. called.]
assigned <05414> [And they.]
<0704 07151> [the city of Arba. or, Kirjath-arba.]
Hebron <02275> [is Hebron.]
hill country <02022> [in the hill.]
assigned <05414> [they gave.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
city <05892> [a city.]
Libnah <03841> [Libnah.]
Jattir <03492> [Jattir.]
Jattir or Jether, according to Eusebius, was situated in the district of Daroma, or the southern part of Judah, 20 miles (south) from Eleutheropolis, towards the city of Malatha.
Eshtemoa <0851> [Eshtemoa.]
Eusebius says Eshtemoa, or Esthema, was a great city in the south of Judah, and in the district of Eleutheropolis, north of that city.
[Eshtemoh.]
Holon <02473> [Holon.]
[Hilen. Debir.]
Ain <05871> [Ain.]
[Ashan. Juttah.]
Eusebius says Juttah was a great town 18 miles south from Eleutheropolis.
Beth Shemesh <01053> [Beth-shemesh.]
Gibeon <01391> [Gibeon.]
Geba <01387> [Geba.]
[Gaba.]
Anathoth <06068> [Anathoth.]
Anathoth was situated about three miles northward from Jerusalem according to Eusebius and Jerome (in Jer ch. 1:20;) or twenty furlongs, according to Josephus. Ant. I. viii. c. 10.
Almon <05960> [Almon.]
[Alemeth.]
