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The delay in appointing to the Levites their cities arose from the nature of the arrangement which had to be made for the Levitical cities." [ 8 ] This "arrangement" was the fulfilment of Jacob 's prophecy in Genesis 49:5-7 - I will scatter them ( Simeon and Levi ) in Israel - which was a punishment for Simeon and Levi's massacre of the men of ...
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
It is the location of Ashtaroth Karnaim and Edrei (modern-day Daraa), as well as the city of Golan, which gave its name to the modern Golan Heights. [3] The name Bashan fell out of use in classical antiquity , in which the region was divided into four districts: Batanaea , Gaulanitis, Trachonitis and Auranitis .
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 ...
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The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz hamuvtakhat; Arabic: أرض الميعاد, translit.: ard al-mi'ad) is Middle Eastern land in the Levant that Abrahamic religions (which include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others) claim God promised and subsequently gave to Abraham (the legendary patriarch in Abrahamic religions) and several more times to his ...
Libnah or Lobana (Hebrew: לִבְנָה, whiteness; Latin: Lobana) was an independent city, probably near the western seaboard of Israel, with its own king at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan. [1] It is thought to have been an important producer of revenue, and one that rebelled against the Judahite crown.