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.

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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.

Joshua 18:26 In-Context

24 Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba.

25 There were 14 other cities with their villages: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

27 Rekem, Ir Peel, Taralah,

28 Zela, Eleph, Jebus (now called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath. This is Benjamin's inheritance for its families.