Joshua 21:37
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
Joshua 21:37 in other translations
| BSB | Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands. |
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| WEB | Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities. |
| ASV | Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. |
| YLT | Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs--four cities. |
| DARBY | Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities; |
| BBE | Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns. |
| Webster | Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. |
What does Joshua 21:37 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 21:37 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Joshua 21:36
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
- Joshua 21:37
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:38
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Joshua 21:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A Cedemoth con sus ejidos, y Mephaat con sus ejidos: cuatro villas: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Kedémoth et sa banlieue, et Méphaath et sa banlieue, quatre villes; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Kedemoth und seine Bezirke, und Mephaath und seine Bezirke: vier Städte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | De tribu Gad civitates confugii, Ramoth in Galaad, et Manaim et Hesebon et Jazer, civitates quatuor cum suburbanis suis. |