Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:1-8

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The Levites waited till the other tribes were provided for, before they preferred their claim to Joshua. They build their claim upon a very good foundation; not their own merits or services, but the Divine precept.

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commentaryThe Cities of the Levites. (b. c. 1444.)THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES. (B. C. 1444.) Here is, I. The Levites' petition presented to this general convention of the states, now sitting at Shiloh, Joshua 21:1-2. Observe, 1. They had not their lot assigned them till…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:1Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites. We are not to suppose, with Calvin, that the Levites had been overlooked. Such a supposition is little in keeping with the devout spirit of him who now directed th…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:1-45The ecclesiastical settlement of Canaan. Though the ecclesiastical institutions of the Christian Church differ, in some respects materially, from these of the Jewish, yet inasmuch as the law and the gospel came from the…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:1-45EXPOSITION THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES.Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:2At Shiloh. Another instance of exact accuracy. Shiloh was now the place of assembly in Israel (see Joshua 18:1). The Lord commanded. The command is given in Numbers 35:1-34. We have here, therefore, another quotation fr…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:3The cities of the Levites. The Levites were scattered among the other tribes of Israel, and yet not individually but in clusters, in cities of their own. This arrangement must have had some object:?? I. THE LEVITES WERE…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:3The portion of the tribe of Levi. There might seem at first something strange in the withholding from the tribe of Levi its share among the cities of Canaan, divided by lot among the other tribes. There were, however, a…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:3Out of their inheritance. Out of that of Israel (see note on Joshua 21:1). These cities. The number was forty-eight, i.e; four times twelve. Bahr ('Symbolik des Alten Testaments,' 1:221) remarks on the symbolical meanin…Joseph S. Exell and contributors