Joshua - 19:31



31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 19:31.

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This is the possession of the children of Aser by their kindreds, and the cities and their villages.
This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities and their hamlets.
This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Asher by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.
This is the possession of the sons of Asher, by their families, and the cities and their villages.
Haec est haereditas tribus filiorum Aser per familias suas: urbes istae, et villae earum.

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Historical Commentaries

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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher,.... As before described, a goodly heritage; it was, according to the prediction of Jacob and Moses, Genesis 49:20; a very fruitful country. Josephus (c) says, the country from Carmel called the valley, because it was such, even all over against Sidon, fell to the Asherites, Asher had Mount Libanus on the north, Naphtali on the east, Zebulun on the south and southeast, the sea on the west:
according to their families; the number of them, so their lot was divided to them:
these cities with their villages; before named.
(c) Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22.

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