Joshua 13 · Verse 18

Joshua 13:18

And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Joshua 13:18, King James Version

Joshua 13:18 in other translations

BSBJahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
WEBJahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
ASVand Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
YLTand Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
DARBYAnd Jahzah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
BBEAnd Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath;
WebsterAnd Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

What does Joshua 13:18 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Jahaza - A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1Chr 6:78. Kedemoth - Mentioned Deu 2:26; supposed to have been situated beyond the river Arnon. Mephaath - Situated on the frontiers of Moab, on the eastern part of the desert. It was given to the Levites, Jos 21:37.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 13:7-33

The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to…

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Joshua 13:18 in the original Hebrew

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וְיַ֥הְצָהve.Yah.tzahand Jahaz <towards>H3096
וּקְדֵמֹ֖תu.ke.de.Motand KedemothH6932
וּמֵפָֽעַת\׃u.me.Fa.'atand MephaathH4158

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 13:18

  • Numbers 21:23

    And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

  • Joshua 21:36-37

    And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:78-79

    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, Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jahaza.A city near Medeba and Dibon, afterwards given to the Levites.
21:36,37; Nu 21:23
Jahaz.
1Ch 6:78,79
Jahzah. Kedemoth.Supposed to have been situated east of the Arnon.
Mephaath.Situated near the desert, east of Moab. In the time of Eusebius, he says the Romans kept a garrison there.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 13:17

    Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,

  • Joshua 13:18

    And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

  • Joshua 13:19

    And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley,

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Joshua 13:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jaas, y Keddemoth, y Mephaath,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Jahtsa, et Kedémoth, et Méphaath,
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Jahza und Kedemoth und Mephaath,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Jassa, et Cedimoth, et Mephaath,