1 Chronicles 6:78
76 And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
77 The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,
79 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.
80 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
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- BSB
- From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,
- KJV
- And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
- WEB
- and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
- ASV
- and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, [were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,
- DARBY
- and on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
- BLB
- And from beyond the Jordan by Jericho, at the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its pasturelands, and Jahzah and its pasturelands,
- ÅB
- og på andre siden av Jordan ved Jeriko, østenfor Jordan, fikk de av Rubens stamme Beser i ørkenen med tilhørende jorder og Jahsa med jorder
- OTB
- Og bortenfor Jordan ved Jeriko, på østsiden av Jordan:
Fra Rubens stamme: Beser i ødemarken med sine beitemarker, Jahsa med sine beitemarker, - B1930
- og på hin side Jordan ved Jeriko, østenfor Jordan, fikk de av Rubens stamme Beser i ørkenen med tilhørende jorder og Jahsa med jorder
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Cross references
Joshua 20:8
And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
Read in contextJoshua 21:36–37
From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:41–43
Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
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