Joshua 13:24
22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
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Compare
- BSB
- This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad:
- KJV
- And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
- WEB
- Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.
- ASV
- And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the children of Gad, according to their families.
- DARBY
- And Moses gave [a portion] to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families.
- BLB
- And Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad by their clans.
- ÅB
- Så gav Moses Gads stamme - Gads barn - arv etter deres slekter.
- OTB
- Moses ga en arv til Gad stamme, til Gads sønner, etter deres familier.
- B1930
- Så gav Moses Gads stamme - Gads barn - arv efter deres ætter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 32:34–36
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
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