Joshua 18:26

26 Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

Joshua 18:26 in Other Translations

26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

26 Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

26 Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

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 Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba—twelve towns and their villages.

25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

26 Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

28 Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.

Cross References

• 1. S Joshua 11:3
• 2. Joshua 9:17; Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29