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The Levites could not be scattered amongst the cities of the other tribes until the other tribes had all been appointed to their territories after the entry into the Promised Land (Joshua 18–19). Matthew Henry commented that Jacob's condemnation of Levi became a blessing for Israel:
Albert Barnes stated that the additional three cities allowed for "the anticipated enlargement of the borders of Israel to the utmost limits promised by God, from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates" (Genesis 15:18) [12] and the King James Version refers in Deuteronomy 19:8 to the enlargement of the coast of the Promised Land.
[3] [4] Although the Levites were not counted in the census among the children of Israel, they were numbered separately as a special army. [5] Illustration of the allotment of land to the Levites (Numbers 35:4–5) Map of the territory of Benjamin. Note the area around the cities allotted to the Levites, per Numbers 35:4–5
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A Terra Prometida (English: The Promised Land) [1] is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Casablanca and broadcast by RecordTV. It premiered on July 5, 2016 and ended on March 13, 2017. [2] [3] It tells the story of the biblical character Joshua.
According to the record in the Hebrew Bible, Gibbeton was occupied by the Tribe of Dan after the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land and was then given to the Tribe of Levi. According to the Book of Joshua, it was given as a Levitical city to the Kohathites. [1] However, in 1 Kings 15:27 it was recorded as being a city of the ...
Makkedah (Hebrew: מַקֵּדָה; in LXX Ancient Greek: Μακηδά or Μακέδ as in 1 Maccabees; in Vulgate Latin: Mageth) was a city in the land of Canaan. Joshua 12:16 gives a list of thirty-one cities whose kings, according to the Book of Joshua, were defeated in the conquest of Canaan following the Exodus, and Makkedah is included. [206]
The Book of Joshua lists almost 400 ancient Levantine city names (including alternative names and derivatives in the form of words describing citizens of a town) which refer to over 300 distinct locations in Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.