Joshua 21:22
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs; four cities.
Joshua 21:22 in other translations
| BSB | Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands. |
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| WEB | Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities. |
| ASV | and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities. |
| YLT | and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs--four cities. |
| DARBY | and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities; |
| BBE | And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns. |
| Webster | And Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities. |
What does Joshua 21:22 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
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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 21:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 21:22
- Joshua 16:3
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
- Joshua 18:13-14
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon. And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
- 1 Chronicles 6:68
And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs,
- Joshua 16:5
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;
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Context
- Joshua 21:21
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
- Joshua 21:22
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:23
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
Joshua 21:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y á Kibsaim con sus ejidos, y á Beth-oron con sus ejidos: cuatro villas: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et Kibtsaïm et sa banlieue, et Beth-Horon et sa banlieue, quatre villes; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und Kibzaim und seine Bezirke, und Beth-Horon und seine Bezirke: vier Städte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et Cibsaim et Beth-horon, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quatuor. |