Joshua 19:20

Study note

Setting — Joshua records the urban allotments for the tribe of Zebulun as the territorial distribution nears completion.

The words — וְ/הָֽ/רַבִּ֥ית (ve./ha./ra.Bit) literally renders "and the Rabbith," and וְ/קִשְׁי֖וֹן (ve./kish.Yon) renders "and Kishion," both functioning as proper place names in a geographic enumeration.

The thread — These entries sit within the Zebulun inheritance catalog in Joshua 19:14–28, bridging the preceding boundary markers and the subsequent city list in Joshua 19:19 and Joshua 19:21.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that divine promise is fulfilled through specific, recorded geography rather than abstract promise.

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.