EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Joshua 21:39
39Heshbon and Jazer, with their fields. That was four more towns.
Joshua 21:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
- New International Version (NIV)Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Heshbon with its common-land, and Jazer with its common-land: four cities in all.
Context of Joshua 21:39
37Kedemoth and Mephaath, with their fields. That was four towns. 38The tribe of Gad gave them Ramoth in Gilead, a safe city, Mahanaim, Heshbon and Jazer, with their fields. That was four more towns. 40So the clans of Merari received 12 towns. That was all the Levite clans. 41The Levites received 48 towns in the land of the Israelite people.
Read all of Joshua 21Joshua 21:39 word by word
אֶת־חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ אֶת־יַעְזֵ֖ר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ כָּל־עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Joshua 21:39
- Joshua 13:17And he gave them all the flat land past Medeba in Heshbon. It included Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
- Numbers 21:26Heshbon was the city of Sihon, the king of the Amorites. He had fought against the king of Moab. He took from the king of Moab the land as far as the River Arnon.
- Numbers 32:37The men in the tribe of Reuben built up again Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim.
- 1 Chronicles 6:81Heshbon with its fields and Jazer with its fields.
- Isaiah 16:8Yes, nothing grows in Heshbon's fields. There are no grapes on Sibmah's vines. The rulers of other nations have destroyed the vineyards. The branches of those vines reached as far as Jazer, and the desert. They even grew to go across the sea.
- Jeremiah 48:32I weep for the vines of Sibmah, more than Jazer weeps. The branches of those vines reached across the sea as far as Jazer. But the cruel enemy will destroy all the fruit that grows on your vines and trees.
Commentaries on Joshua 21:39
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34-40Verses 34-40 Merarite cities. Some of these places are not found in the list of Zebulonite cities in Joshua 19:10-16. The text is considered corrupt.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-42Verses 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 diffused amongst us. (Jos…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-42The descendants of Aaron received thirteen cities, the rest of the Kohathite clan received ten, the descendants of Gershon received thirteen, and the Merari clan received twelve. There were a total of forty-eight Levitical cities. Each tribe had four Levitical cities, except Judah had eight, Simeon had one, and Naphtali had three. Six of the Levitical cities were also cities of refuge (20:7–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-429-40. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joshua 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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