Joshua 18 · Verse 26

Joshua 18:26

And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
Joshua 18:26, King James Version

Joshua 18:26 in other translations

BSBMizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
WEBMizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
ASVand Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
YLTand Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
DARBYand Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
BBEAnd Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah
WebsterAnd Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

What does Joshua 18:26 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 And Mizpeh - This place is celebrated in the sacred writings. Here the people were accustomed to assemble often in the presence of the Lord, as in the deliberation concerning the punishment to be inflicted on the men of Gibeah, for the abuse of the Levite's wife. Jdg 20:1-3. Samuel assembled the people here to exhort them to renounce their idolatry, 1Sam 7:5, 1Sam 7:6. In this same place Saul was chosen to be king, 1Sam 10:17. It was deemed a sacred place among the Israelites; for we find, from 1 Maccabees 3:46, that the Jews assembled here to seek God, when their enemies were in possession of the temple.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 18:11-28

The boundaries of each portion were distinctly drawn, and the inheritance of each tribe settled. All contests and selfish claims were prevented by the wise appointment of God, who allotted the hill and the valley, the corn and pasture, the brooks and rivers, the towns and cities. Is the lot of any servant of Christ cast in affliction and sorrow? It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good. Are we in prosperity…

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Joshua 18:26 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.

וְהַמִּצְפֶּ֥הve.ha.mitz.Pehand <the> MizpahH4708
וְהַכְּפִירָ֖הve.ha.ke.fi.Rahand <the> KephirahH3716
וְהַמֹּצָֽה\׃ve.ha.mo.Tzahand <the> MozahH4681

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

Cross references for Joshua 18:26

  • Judges 10:17

    Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.

  • Ezra 2:25

    The children of Kirjath–arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

  • Joshua 9:17

    And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mizpeh.Situated not far from Rama, forty stadia from Jerusalem.
Jud 10:17
Chephirah.
9:17; Ezr 2:25

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

Context

  • Joshua 18:25

    Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

  • Joshua 18:26

    And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

  • Joshua 18:27

    And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

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Joshua 18:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Mizpa, Chephira, y Moza,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Mitspé, et Kephira, et Motsa,
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Mizpe und Kephira und Moza,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Mesphe et Caphara, et Amosa