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Selected Verse: Joshua 21:27 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 21:27 |
King James |
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare Jos 19:18, etc. Of the cities of the Gershonites, for Beesh-terah read (Beeshterah.) The name is a contraction of Beth-Ashterah ("house of Ashterah") and the city is undoubtedly the Ashtaroth or Astaroth of Og Jos 12:4; Deu 1:4; Ch1 6:71. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Golan in Bashan - On this and the other cities of refuge mentioned here, see the note on Jos 20:7. |
71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.