Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 21:37
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
37. Kedemoth ] Jos 13:18; Mephaath, see ch. Jos 13:18.
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Kedemoth with her suburbs,…. Near to which was a wilderness of that name; see De 2:26;
and Mephaath with her suburbs; of which [See comments on Jos 13:18]; where the two preceding cities are mentioned along with it:
four cities, Jos 21:35, are not in some ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, as is noted by the Masorites; but are in some others, as Kimchi owns, and stand in the Targum, in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, and in a manuscript referred to by Hottinger e; and the same words are to be, found in 1Ch 6:78, and are absolutely necessary to be retained, since without them there would be but eight cities for the Merarites, whereas they are expressly said to be twelve,
Jos 21:40.
e Thesaur. Philolog. l. 1. c. 2. p. 181, &c.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Kedemoth. Some codices, with six early printed editions, and Septuagint, read “and Kedemoth
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Reciprocal: Deu 2:26 – Kedemoth Jos 13:18 – Jahaza 1Ch 6:78 – Jahzah Jer 48:21 – Jahazah