Yehoshua 18:26

26 And Mitzpeh, and Kephirah, and Motzah,

Yehoshua 18:26 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:26

And Mizpeh
Frequent mention is made of Mizpeh in Scripture; according to Fuller ^F20, it was about eight miles from Gibeah; it was near Ramathon, which Josephus says ^F21 was forty furlongs from Jerusalem;

and Chephirah
was one of the cities subject to Gibeon, ( Joshua 9:17 ) .

and Mozah;
there was a place called Motza, near to Jerusalem, where they used to go to get willows at the feast of tabernacles ^F23.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Pisgah-Sight, B. 2. c. 12. p. 209.
F21 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 12. sect. 3.
F23 Misn. Succah, c. 4. sect. 5.

Yehoshua 18:26 In-Context

24 And Chephar Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; 12 towns with their villages.

25 Giveon, and Ramah, and Be’erot,

26 And Mitzpeh, and Kephirah, and Motzah,

27 And Rekem, and Yirpe’el, and Taralah,

28 And Tzelah, Eleph, and Yevusi, which is Yerushalayim, Givat, and Kiryat; 14 towns with their villages. This is the nachalah of the Bnei Binyamin according to their mishpekhot.