Yehoshua 18:23

23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Yehoshua 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.

Yehoshua 18:23 In-Context

21 Now the towns of the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin according to their mishpekhot were Yericho, and Beit Choglah, and the valley of Ketzitz,

22 And Beit HaAravah, and Tzemarayim, and Beit-El,

23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

24 And Chephar Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; 12 towns with their villages.

25 Giveon, and Ramah, and Be’erot,