Joshua 21:39

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.

Hebrew Names Version
Heshbon with its suburbs, Ya`zer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

King James Version
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

Lexham English Bible
Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands; four cities in all.

English Standard Version
Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.

New Century Version
Heshbon, and Jazer, and the pastures around these four towns.

New English Translation
Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each—a total of four cities.

Amplified Bible
Heshbon with its pasture lands and Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.

New American Standard Bible
Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Heshbon with her suburbs, and Iazer with her suburbes: foure cities in all.

Legacy Standard Bible
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.

Complete Jewish Bible
All the cities of the L'vi'im, forty-eight cities with their surrounding open land, are to be in among the lands possessed by the people of Isra'el —

Darby Translation
Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.

George Lamsa Translation
Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs; four cities with their suburbs.

Good News Translation
Heshbon, and Jazer, with their pasture lands.

Literal Translation
Heshbon and its open lands, Jazer and its open lands; four cities in all.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heßbon and Iaeser with their suburbes:

American Standard Version
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

Bible in Basic English
Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hesbon with suburbes, and Iaser with her suburbes, foure cities in all.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the cities of the Levites--forty and eight cities with the open land about them--shall be in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel,

King James Version (1611)
Heshbon with her suburbs, Iazer with her suburbs, foure cities in all.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight cities,

English Revised Version
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

Berean Standard Bible
Heshbon, and Jazer-four cities in all, along with their pasturelands.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`foure citees, with her subarbis.

Young's Literal Translation
Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- [in] all four cities.

Update Bible Version
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

Webster's Bible Translation
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

World English Bible
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

New King James Version
Heshbon with its common-land, and Jazer with its common-land: four cities in all.

New Living Translation
Heshbon, and Jazer—four towns.

New Life Bible
Heshbon with its fields, and Jazer with its fields, four cities in all.

New Revised Standard
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands—four towns in all.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land, - in all, four cities.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(21-37) and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs,

Revised Standard Version
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands--four cities in all.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.

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

Heshbon: Joshua 13:17, Joshua 13:21, Numbers 21:26-30, Numbers 32:37, 1 Chronicles 6:81

Jazer: Numbers 32:1, Numbers 32:3, Numbers 32:35, Jaazer, Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, Jeremiah 48:32

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:80 - Ramoth 1 Chronicles 26:31 - Jazer

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Heshbon with her suburbs,.... Which was formerly the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and was first given to and rebuilt by the Reubenites, but was upon the border of the tribe of Gad; and appears from hence to have been one of their cities, Numbers 21:26;

Jazer with her suburbs; sometimes called Jaazer, another city in the same country, and near Heshbon; see Numbers 21:32;

four cities in all: which were Ramothgilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.