1 Chronicles 6:57

Verse 57. Of, is not authorized by the Vulg. civitates, but is added, to signify that all these 13 cities were not thus privileged. Bible.—There were only six cites of refuge, of which Hebron was one. See Josue 20:7. Calmet. Menochius.—Prot. “And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Juda, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge.” But “such a licence to insert words at pleasure, cannot be allowed.” Hebrew lit. “they gave cities of Hebrew refuge, Hebron,” and so forth The “sense absolutely disallows the word Judah,” which is omitted, (Joshua 21:13) as well as in some Hebrew MSS. in the Bamberg, and Complut. editions, and in those of Jablonski and Michaelis.—Hari, “cities,” ought to be hir, “a city,” as only one is meant. We should also add with the Arab. and Syriac, and the parallel passage in Josue, “and her suburbs,” after Hebron. Kennicott.—“Juda” is not found in the Septuagint and so forth: and Buxtorf acted with little wisdom, when he thought he had sufficiently answered Capellus, by observing that the Masora declared the word to be authentic. Anticrit. It is a great misfortune that most of the printed Hebrew editions have been given under such influence; and that the Masorets have defaced so many MSS. by their corrections. Bible.—Hence they probably burnt all the first edition of Naples, 1487, except part of a single copy, comprising the Cethubim given to Eton college by Dr. Pellet, which omits the word Juda. Kennicott. Dis. i. p. 520–2.