Joshua 18:26

26 and Mizpeh and Chephirah and 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 and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
25 Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth,
26 and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,
27 and Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah,
28 and Zelah, Haeleph and the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem ), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.
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