Joshua 21:39
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
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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
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
Read in contextJoshua 13:21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:81
And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
Read in contextNumbers 32:37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
Read in contextIsaiah 16:8–9
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
Read in contextNumbers 32:3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Read in contextNumbers 32:35
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
Read in contextNumbers 21:26–30
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
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