Joshua 21:33
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Joshua 21:33 in other translations
| BSB | In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the Gershonite clans. |
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| WEB | All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. |
| ASV | All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. |
| YLT | all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, are thirteen cities and their suburbs. |
| DARBY | All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs. |
| BBE | All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands. |
| Webster | All the cities of the Gershonites, according to their families, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. |
What does Joshua 21:33 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 21:33 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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 21:33
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
- Joshua 21:34
And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
Joshua 21:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todas las villas de los Gersonitas por sus familias fueron trece villas con sus ejidos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Toutes les villes des Guershonites, selon leurs familles: 13 villes et leurs banlieues. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle Städte der Gersoniter, nach ihren Familien: dreizehn Städte und ihre Bezirke. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnes urbes familiarum Gerson, tredecim, cum suburbanis suis. |