Joshua 21:37

37 Kedemoth and its pastures, and Mephaath and its pastures; in total: four cities.

Joshua 21:37 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:37

Kedemoth with her suburbs
Near to which was a wilderness of that name; see ( Deuteronomy 2:26 ) ;

and Mephaath with her suburbs; of which (See Gill on Joshua 13:18); where the two preceding cities are mentioned along with it:

four cities,
( Joshua 21:35 Joshua 21:36 ) , are not in some ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, as is noted by the Masorites; but are in some others, as Kimchi owns, and stand in the Targum, in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, and in a manuscript referred to by Hottinger ^F5; and the same words are to be, found in ( 1 Chronicles 6:78 1 Chronicles 6:79 ) , and are absolutely necessary to be retained, since without them there would be but eight cities for the Merarites, whereas they are expressly said to be twelve, ( Joshua 21:40 ) .

---

FOOTNOTES:

F5 Thesaur. Philolog. l. 1. c. 2. p. 181

Joshua 21:37 In-Context

35 Dimnah and its pastures, Nahalal and its pastures; in total: four cities.

36 From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer and its pastures, Jahaz and its pastures,

37 Kedemoth and its pastures, and Mephaath and its pastures; in total: four cities.

38 From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Mahanaim and its pastures;

39 Heshbon and its pastures; Jazer and its pastures; in total: four cities.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX and 1 Chron 6:78–79 (Heb 6:63–64); some Heb manuscripts lack 21:36–37.