Aner and Bileam are mentioned in Chronicles, instead of Tanach and Gath-rimmon ("And out of¹ the halfª tribeª of Manasseh;ª¹ Anerª with her suburbs,ª and Bileamª with her suburbs,ª for the familyª of the remnantª° of the sonsª of Kohath.ª" {1Ch 6:70}). Either the cities had at this time different names, or afterwards their names were changed; or the Levites, being by some means dispossessed of the cities first assigned them, received others from their brethren. A careful examination of the marginal references will discover other variations of this kind, which may be accounted for in the same manner. |
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