约书亚记 21:27

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以色列人又從瑪拿西半個支派中，把誤殺人者的避難城，就是在巴珊的哥蘭，和哥蘭的郊野，給了利未人的家族中革順的子孫；又給了他們比．施提拉和比．施提拉的郊野，共兩座城。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 色 列 人 又 从 玛 拿 西 半 支 派 的 地 业 中 将 巴 珊 的 哥 兰 ， 就 是 误 杀 人 的 逃 城 和 属 城 的 郊 野 ， 给 了 利 未 支 派 革 顺 的 子 孙 ； 又 给 他 们 比 施 提 拉 和 属 城 的 郊 野 ， 共 两 座 城 ；

Contextual Overview

⁹ These are the names of the towns that came from the lands of Judah and Simeon. ¹⁰ The first choice of towns was given to the Kohath family groups of the Levites. ¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, also called Hebron, and all its pastures in the mountains of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.) ¹² But the fields and the villages around Kiriath Arba had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ¹³ So they gave the city of Hebron to the descendants of Aaron (Hebron was a city of safety). They also gave them the towns of Libnah, ¹⁴ Jattir, Eshtemoa, ¹⁵ Holon, Debir, ¹⁶ Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, and all the pastures around them. Nine towns were given from these two tribes. ¹⁷ They also gave the people of Aaron these cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba, ¹⁸ Anathoth, and Almon. They gave them these four towns and the pastures around them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And unto: Joshua 21:6

Golan: Joshua 20:8, Deuteronomy 1:4, Deuteronomy 4:43, 1 Chronicles 6:71

Beeshterah: It is very probable that Beesh-terah is a contraction of baith ashtaroth, "the house of Ashtaroth," and the same as Ashtaroth, which is the reading in 1 Chronicles 6:71.

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:6 - six cities for refuge 1 Chronicles 6:62 - Gershom

Cross-References

Genesis 21:22
Then Abimelech came with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.

Genesis 21:23
So make a promise to me here before God that you will be fair with me and my children and my descendants. Be kind to me and to this land where you have lived as a stranger—as kind as I have been to you."

Genesis 21:28
Abraham also put seven female lambs in front of Abimelech.

Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.

Genesis 31:44
Let us make an agreement, and let us set up a pile of stones to remind us of it."

1 Samuel 18:3
Jonathan made an agreement with David, because he loved David as much as himself.

Proverbs 17:8
Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask. They think it will work every time.

Proverbs 18:16
Taking gifts to important people will help get you in to see them.

Proverbs 18:24
Some friends may ruin you, but a real friend will be more loyal than a brother.

Proverbs 21:14
A secret gift will calm an angry person; a present given in secrecy will quiet great anger.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,.... The descendants of the second son of Levi:

out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh; that which was settled beyond Jordan:

[they gave] Golan in Bashan, with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; see Joshua 20:8; this is the third city of refuge mentioned:

and Beeshterah with her suburbs; called Ashtaroth, 1 Chronicles 6:71; which had been the royal city of Og, king of Bashan, where he had his palace, Deuteronomy 1:4. Here seems to have been formerly a temple dedicated to the goddess Astarte; for Beeshterah is a compound of "Beth" and "Ashterah", or Astarte; that is, the house or temple of Astarte, but now become a city of the Levites:

two cities; two more having been before given out of the other half tribe.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Joshua 19:18, etc. Of the cities of the Gershonites, for Beesh-terah read (Beeshterah.) The name is a contraction of Beth-Ashterah (“house of Ashterah”) and the city is undoubtedly the Ashtaroth or Astaroth of Og Joshua 12:4; Deu 1:4; 1 Chronicles 6:71.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 21:27. Golan in Bashan — On this and the other cities of refuge mentioned here, Joshua 20:7.