Joshua 21:39
37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
38 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
40 In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
41 For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
- KJV
- Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
- WEB
- Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
- ASV
- Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
- DARBY
- Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.
- BLB
- Heshbon and its pasturelands, Jazer and its pasturelands—in all four cities.
- ÅB
- Hesbon med jorder, Jaser med jorder - i alt fire byer.
- OTB
- Hesjbon og Jaser, med deres beitemarker—fire byer i alt.
- B1930
- Hesbon med jorder, Jaser med jorder - i alt fire byer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 13:17
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
Read in contextJoshua 13:21
all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:81
Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.
Read in contextNumbers 32:37
The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
Read in contextIsaiah 16:8–9
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
Read in contextNumbers 32:3
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Read in contextNumbers 32:35
Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
Read in contextNumbers 21:26–30
Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
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