Joshua 21:39

Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

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Interpretation

By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities.

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This thought runs through Joshua 21:39-40.

Joshua 21:39 Joshua 21:40

Glossary

Heshbon Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Hesban.
Jazer Place: He (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad ( Num. 32:1 , 35; Josh. 13:25 ). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (21:39). Modern identification: Khirbet Sara.