John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 2. And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan , etc.] Where the tabernacle was fixed, at or near which the above persons met to cast lots for the division of the land to the seven tribes that had not received their inheritance: saying, the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle ; this command is extant in ( Numbers 35:2-8).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - The Levites waited till the other tribes were provided for, before the preferred their claim to Joshua. They build their claim upon a very good foundation; not their own merits or services, but the Divin precept. The maintenance of ministers is not a thing left merely to the will of the people, that they may let them starve if they please; the which preach the gospel should live by the gospel, and should liv comfortably. (Jos 21:9-42)
Original Hebrew וידברו1696 אליהם413 בשׁלה7887 בארץ776 כנען3667 לאמר559 יהוה3068 צוה6680 ביד3027 משׁה4872 לתת5414 לנו ערים5892 לשׁבת3427 ומגרשׁיהן4054 לבהמתנו׃929
