Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
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Interpretation
The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's.
Glossary
- Geshur Place
- Bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias ( 2 Sam. 15:8 ; 1 Chr. 2:23 ). Modern identification: Fiq.
- Maacah Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Abel Beth Maacah.