This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Dan brought up the rear in the wilderness, yet Providence set him last in Canaan, on a dangerous frontier against the Philistines. It was a post fit for his strength, and Samson proved it so. He won some cities by lot and others by his own valour and industry.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 19:40-48
Joshua's modesty shines here: the greatest man in the nation, yet he took nothing for himself until all others had their inheritance, and even then the people gave it to him. In this he foreshadows Christ, who emptied Himself for our sake.
AI summary
OF DAN. (Jos 19:40-48) the seventh lot came out for the tribe . . . Dan--It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Dan to the three adjoining tribes.
Commenting on Joshua 19:40-48