Joshua 21:18
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
Joshua 21:18 in other translations
| BSB | Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands. |
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| WEB | Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities. |
| ASV | Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities. |
| YLT | Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs--four cities; |
| DARBY | Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities. |
| BBE | Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns. |
| Webster | Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities. |
What does Joshua 21:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 21:9-40
Jos 21:9-42. The Cities of the Priests. 9-40. they gave ... these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 21:9-42
By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities. Thus did God graciously provide for keeping up religion among them, and that they might have the word in all parts of the land. Yet, blessed be God, we have the gospel more…
Joshua 21:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 21:18
- 1 Kings 2:26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
- Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
- Isaiah 10:30
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 2:26; Isa 10:30; Jer 1:1
Almon.
1Ch 6:60
Alemeth.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Joshua 21:17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
- Joshua 21:18
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:19
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Joshua 21:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A Anathoth con sus ejidos, á Almón con sus ejidos: cuatro villas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Anathoth et sa banlieue, et Almon et sa banlieue, quatre villes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Anathoth und seine Bezirke, und Almon und seine Bezirke: vier Städte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et Anathoth et Almon, cum suburbanis suis: civitates quatuor. |