Joshua 18:27

Study note

Setting — Joshua is distributing conquered land, listing the specific cities assigned to the tribe of Benjamin.

The words — וְרֶקֶם (ve-Rekem) and וְיִרְפְּאֵל (ve-yirpe'el) appear as consecutive place names, each prefixed by the conjunction "and" to link them to the preceding inventory.

The thread — This verse occupies the middle of a geographic list that opens in Joshua 18:26 and closes in Joshua 18:28 with a formal count of fourteen cities and their villages for Benjamin's inheritance.

Why it lands — It requires the reader to treat tribal boundaries as concrete, enumerated settlements rather than abstract or symbolic territories.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.