Joshua 13 · Verse 25

Joshua 13:25

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;
Joshua 13:25, King James Version

Joshua 13:25 in other translations

BSBThe territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
WEBTheir border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is near Rabbah;
ASVAnd their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
YLTand the border is to them Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and the half of the land of the Bene-Ammon, unto Aroer which is on the front of Rabbah,
DARBYAnd their territory was Jaazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer which is before Rabbah;
BBEAnd their limit was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer before Rabbah;
WebsterAnd their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah;

What does Joshua 13:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Half the land on the children of Ammon - This probably was land which had been taken from the Ammonites by Sihon, king of the Amorites, and which the Israelites possessed by right of conquest. For although the Israelites were forbidden to take the land of the Ammonites, Deu 2:37, yet this part, as having been united to the territories of Sihon, they might possess when they defeated that king and subdued his kingdom.

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 13:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֤יvay.Hiand it belongedH1961
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto <the> them
הַגְּב֔וּלha.ge.Vulthe territoryH1366
יַעְזֵר֙ya'.ZerJazerH3270
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
עָרֵ֣י'a.Rei[the] cities ofH5892
הַגִּלְעָ֔דha.gil.'Ad<the> GileadH1568
וַחֲצִ֕יva.cha.Tziand [the] half ofH2677
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
עַמּ֑וֹןa.MonAmmonH5983
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
עֲרוֹעֵ֕רa.ro.'ErAroerH6177
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
רַבָּֽה\׃ra.BahRabbahH7237

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Cross references for Joshua 13:25

  • Deuteronomy 3:11

    For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

  • 2 Samuel 11:1

    And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 12:26

    And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

  • Numbers 32:35

    And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

  • Deuteronomy 2:19

    And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Amos 1:14

    But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

  • Ezekiel 21:20

    Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

  • Joshua 21:39

    Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

  • Judges 11:13-27

    And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; …

  • Numbers 21:32

    And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

  • Numbers 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. Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
their coast.
Nu 32:35
Jazer.A city near a brook of the same name, now called Wady Szyr; and probably the present Szyr occupies its site.
half.
Nu 21:26-30; De 2:19; Jud 11:13-27
Rabbah.
De 3:11; 2Sa 11:1; 12:26; Eze 21:20; Am 1:14

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Context

  • Joshua 13:24

    And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

  • Joshua 13:25

    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;

  • Joshua 13:26

    And from Heshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

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Joshua 13:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el término de ellos fué Jacer, y todas las ciudades de Galaad, y la mitad de la tierra de los hijos de Ammón hasta Aroer, que está delante de Rabba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et leur territoire était Jahzer, et toutes les villes de Galaad, et la moitié du pays des fils d’Ammon, jusqu’à Aroër, qui est vis-à-vis de Rabba;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es wurde ihnen als Gebiet zuteil: Jaser und alle Städte Gileads, und die Hälfte des Landes der Kinder Ammon bis Aroer, das vor Rabba liegt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Terminus Jaser, et omnes civitates Galaad, et dimidiam partem terræ filiorum Ammon, usque ad Aroër, quæ est contra Rabba,