Joshua 18:23

23 and `Avvim, and Parah, and Ofrat,

Joshua 18:23 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:23

And Avim, and Parah
Of the two first of these we read nowhere else;

and Ophrah
is not the same with Ophrah in ( Judges 6:11 ) ; that belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but rather that which was in the land of Shuah, ( 1 Samuel 13:17 ) . Jerom calls this place Aphrah, in the tribe of Benjamin, and says ^F15, in his time there was a village called Effrem, five miles from Bethel to the east, which very probably is the same with this.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H.

Joshua 18:23 In-Context

21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Binyamin according to their families were Yericho, and Beit-Hoglah, and Emek-Ketzitz,

22 and Beit-Ha`aravah, and Tzemaryim, and Beit-El,

23 and `Avvim, and Parah, and Ofrat,

24 and Khefar-Ha`ammoni, and `Ofni, and Geva; twelve cities with their villages:

25 Giv`on, and Ramah, and Be'erot,