Joshua 18:26

26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

Joshua 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.


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.

Joshua 18:26 In-Context

24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba--twelve cities with their villages:
25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath-jearim--fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
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