Josua 18:23

23 und Awim und Para und Ophra,

Josua 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.

Josua 18:23 In-Context

21 Und die Städte des Stammes der Kinder Benjamin, nach ihren Geschlechtern, waren: Jericho und Beth-Hogla und Emek-Keziz,

22 und Beth-Araba und Zemaraim und Bethel,

23 und Awim und Para und Ophra,

24 und Kephar-Ammoni und Ophni und Geba: Zwölf Städte und ihre Dörfer;

25 Gibeon und Rama und Beeroth,