Joshua 21:39
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Joshua 21:39 in other translations
| BSB | Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands. |
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| WEB | Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all. |
| ASV | Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. |
| YLT | Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs-- in all four cities. |
| DARBY | Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all. |
| BBE | Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns. |
| Webster | Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. |
What does Joshua 21:39 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 21:39 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 21:39
- Joshua 13:17
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,
- Joshua 13:21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- 1 Chronicles 6:81
And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
- Numbers 32:37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
- Isaiah 16:8-9
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
- Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:35
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
- Numbers 21:26-30
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. …
- Jeremiah 48:32
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
- Numbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
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Context
- 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 21:39
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
- Joshua 21:40
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
Joshua 21:39 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hesbón con sus ejidos, y Jacer con sus ejidos: cuatro villas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Hesbon et sa banlieue, Jahzer et sa banlieue: en tout, quatre villes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Hesbon und seine Bezirke, Jaser und seine Bezirke; aller Städte waren vier. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Itaque civitates universæ Levitarum in medio possessionis filiorum Israël fuerunt quadraginta octo |