"Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
Kedemoth with her suburbs,.... Near to which was a wilderness of that name; see Deu 2:26 , and Mephaath with her suburbs; of which See Gill 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 Ch1 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.
Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
Kedemoth with her suburbs,.... Near to which was a wilderness of that name; see Deu 2:26 , and Mephaath with her suburbs; of which See Gill 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 Ch1 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.