Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 21:36
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
36. Bezer ] See ch. Jos 20:8; Jahazah, ch. Jos 13:18 (Heb.).
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Verse 36. Jahazah] See Clarke on Jos 13:18.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Bezer, a city of refuge, as it is called Jos 20:8, and therefore needless to be here repeated.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs,…. Which was a city of refuge, and the fifth of them in this account, though not observed as such here, but is in the Greek version; see
Jos 20:8;
and Jahazah with her suburbs; called Jahaz, [See comments on Nu 21:23].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘ And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahaz with her suburbs, Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs. Four cities.’
These verses are not in the Massoretic Text but are included in many Hebrew MSS and in versions. (See also 1Ch 6:78-79. Thus they are Scripture whether included here or not). The four cities are required to make up the twelve in Jos 21:40.
Bezer was a city of refuge, the fifth to be mentioned (see Jos 20:8). All six were necessarily levitical cities. For Jahazah (Jahaz, Jahzah), Kedemoth and Mephaath see Jos 13:18. Jahaz is well known as being where Israel defeated Sihon, the Amorite king (Num 21:23; Deu 2:32; Jdg 11:20). It was later lost to Moab but Omri reconquered the land ‘as far as Jahaz’. According to the Moabite Stone it was again lost to Israel when Mesha, king of Moab, drove out the Israelites and reclaimed it. Kedemoth gave its name to a nearby desert area (Deu 2:26). It is probably ez-Za‘feran, about sixteen kilometres north of the Arnon, near the Amorite’s eastern border. For Mephaath Tell el-Yawah has been suggested
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Ver. 36, 37. And out of the tribe of Reuben, &c. These two verses are not in the oldest Hebrew copies. The Massoretes themselves say as much: they mention, however, that they are found in several very ancient copies; and the learned Hottinger, who has carefully entered into the subject, remarks, that they are found in the incomparable manuscript of the duke of Roan, found in Italy, A.C. 1495. See his Thesaur. Philolog. lib. 1: cap. 2 qu. 4 p. 181. Besides, the whole connection evidently shews that these two verses belong to the text; (see Bishop Walton’s Considerator considered, ch. 6: sect. 14.) and we read them in the version of the LXX. They are also found in other manuscripts. See Houbigant’s note, and Kennicott’s Dissert. vol. 1, &c.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
And out of the tribe of Reuben. See note on Jos 21:38. Reuben. Some codices, with one early printed edition, add “a city of refuge for the manslayer
Bezer. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, add in the desert”.
and Jahasah. Some codices omit this “and
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Bezer: Jos 20:8, Deu 4:43, 1Ch 6:78, 1Ch 6:79
Jahazah: Jos 13:18, Num 21:23, 1Ch 6:78, Jahzah
Reciprocal: Num 35:6 – six cities for refuge Jer 48:21 – Jahazah Jer 48:24 – Bozrah
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21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, {m} Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
(m) Bezer and Ramoch were the cities of refuge under the Merarites and beyond Jordan, Jos 20:8.