Joshua 21:31
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
Joshua 21:31 in other translations
| BSB | Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands. |
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| WEB | Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities. |
| ASV | Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities. |
| YLT | Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs--four cities. |
| DARBY | Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities; |
| BBE | Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns. |
| Webster | Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities. |
What does Joshua 21:31 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.
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 21:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 21:31
- 1 Chronicles 6:75
And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
- Judges 18:21
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
- Judges 1:31
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
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Context
- Joshua 21:30
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
- Joshua 21:31
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:32
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth–dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
Joshua 21:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A Helchâth con sus ejidos, y á Rehob con sus ejidos: cuatro villas: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Helkath et sa banlieue, et Rehob et sa banlieue, quatre villes; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Helkath und seine Bezirke, und Rechob und seine Bezirke: vier Städte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et Helcath, et Rohob, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quatuor. |