Joshua 21:14

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

Hebrew Names Version
and Yattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

King James Version
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

Lexham English Bible
Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

English Standard Version
Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

New Century Version
Jattir, Eshtemoa,

New English Translation
Jattir, Eshtemoa,

Amplified Bible
and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

New American Standard Bible
Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iattir with her suburbes, and Eshtemoa, and her suburbes,

Legacy Standard Bible
Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

Complete Jewish Bible
Yatir with its surrounding open land; Esht'moa with its surrounding open land;

Darby Translation
and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

Easy-to-Read Version
Jattir, Eshtemoa,

George Lamsa Translation
And Jarath with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs.

Good News Translation
Jattir, Eshtemoa,

Literal Translation
and Jattir and its open lands, and Eshtemoa and its open lands,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iathir and the suburbes therof, Esthuma and the suburbes therof,

American Standard Version
and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

Bible in Basic English
And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iathir with her suburbes, and Estemoa with he suburbes:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;

King James Version (1611)
And Iattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Ælom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;

English Revised Version
and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs;

Berean Standard Bible
Jattir, Eshtemoa,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Jether, and Yschymon,

Young's Literal Translation
and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

Update Bible Version
and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

World English Bible
and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

New King James Version
Jattir with its common-land, Eshtemoa with its common-land,

New Living Translation
Jattir, Eshtemoa,

New Life Bible
And they gave them Jattir with its fields, Eshtemoa with its fields,

New Revised Standard
Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jether and Estemo,

Revised Standard Version
Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemo'a with its pasture lands,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

Contextual Overview

⁹Towns from Judah, Simeon, Benjamin The descendants of Aaron from the Kohath clans of Levi were priests, and they were chosen to receive towns first. They were given thirteen towns and the pastureland around them. Nine of these towns were from the tribes of Judah and Simeon and four from Benjamin. Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh were from Judah and Simeon. Hebron, located in the hill country of Judah, was earlier called Arba's Town. It had been named after Arba, the ancestor of the Anakim. Hebron's pasturelands went along with the town, but its farmlands and the villages around it had been given to Caleb. Hebron was also one of the Safe Towns for people who had accidentally killed someone. Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth, and Almon were from Benjamin. ²⁰Towns from Ephraim, Dan, West Manasseh The rest of the Kohath clans of the Levi tribe received ten towns and the pastureland around them. Four of these towns were from the tribe of Ephraim, four from Dan, and two from West Manasseh. Shechem, Gezer, Kibzaim, and Beth-Horon were from Ephraim. Shechem was located in the hill country, and it was also one of the Safe Towns for people who had accidentally killed someone. Elteke, Gibbethon, Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon were from Dan. Taanach and Jibleam were from West Manasseh. ²⁷Towns from East Manasseh, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali The clans of Levi that were descendants of Gershon received thirteen towns and the pastureland around them. Two of these towns were from the tribe of East Manasseh, four from Issachar, four from Asher, and three from Naphtali. Golan in Bashan and Beeshterah were from East Manasseh. Kishion, Daberath, Jarmuth, and En-Gannim were from Issachar. Mishal, Abdon, Helkath, and Rehob were from Asher. Kedesh in Galilee, Hammothdor, and Kartan were from Naphtali. Golan in Bashan and Kedesh in Galilee were also Safe Towns for people who had accidentally killed someone. ³⁴Towns from Zebulun, Reuben, Gad The rest of the Levi clans were descendants of Merari, and they received twelve towns with the pastureland around them. Four towns were from the tribe of Zebulun, four from Reuben, and four from Gad. Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmonah, and Nahalal were from Zebulun. Bezer, Jazah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath were from Reuben. Bezer was located in the desert flatlands east of the Jordan River across from Jericho. Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer were from Gad. Bezer and Ramoth in Gilead were Safe Towns for people who had accidentally killed someone. ⁴¹The people of the Levi tribe had a total of forty-eight towns within Israel, and they had pastures around each one of their towns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jattir: Jattir or Jether, according to Eusebius, was situated in the district of Daroma, or the southern part of Judah, 20 miles - south from Eleutheropolis, towards the city of Malatha. Joshua 15:48, 1 Samuel 30:27, 1 Samuel 30:28

Eshtemoa: Eusebius says Eshtemoa, or Esthema, was a great city in the south of Judah, and in the district of Eleutheropolis, north of that city. Joshua 15:50, Eshtemoh

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:57 - Libnah

Cross-References

Genesis 16:7
Hagar stopped to rest at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur. While she was there, the angel of the Lord came to her

Genesis 19:27
That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord .

Genesis 21:6
and Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Now everyone will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:7
Who would have dared to tell Abraham that someday I would have a child? But in his old age, I have given him a son."

Genesis 21:23
Now I want you to promise in the name of God that you will always be loyal to me and my descendants, just as I have always been loyal to you in this land where you have lived as a foreigner."

Genesis 21:25
One day, Abraham told Abimelech, "Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells."

Genesis 21:31
So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the eternal Lord God.

Genesis 22:3
So Abraham got up early the next morning and chopped wood for the fire. He put a saddle on his donkey and left with Isaac and two servants for the place where God had told him to go.

Genesis 22:19
Abraham and Isaac went back to the servants who had come with him, and they returned to Abraham's home in Beersheba.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jattir with her suburbs,.... :-;

and Eshtemoa with her suburbs; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The thirteen priestly cities (see the marginal references) were all in the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Thus, as Calvin remarks, God so overruled it that the priestly families were placed upon the spot which He had determined before hand to choose as the site of His temple.