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New Living Translation

Joshua 21:17

From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Geba;   Gibeon;   Levites;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gibeon;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaronites;   Geba;   Gibeon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judah, Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Judah;   Levi;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Geba;   Gibeah;   Gibeon;   Joshua, the Book of;   Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Geba;   Gibeon;   Joshua;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Suburb;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Geba ;   Gibeon ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Levites ;   Refuge, Cities of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Geba;   Gibeon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ge'ba;   Gib'eon;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Geba;   Gibeon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gibeah;   Levi ;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From the tribe of Benjamin they gave:
Hebrew Names Version
Out of the tribe of Binyamin, Giv`on with its suburbs, Geva with its suburbs,
King James Version
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Lexham English Bible
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands,
English Standard Version
then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
New Century Version
They also gave the people of Aaron these cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba,
New English Translation
From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba,
Amplified Bible
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, and Geba with its pasture lands,
New American Standard Bible
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And out of the tribe of Beniamin they gaue Gibeon with her suburbes, Geba with her suburbes,
Legacy Standard Bible
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
Complete Jewish Bible
Out of the tribe of Binyamin: Giv‘on with its surrounding open land, Geva with its surrounding open land,
Darby Translation
and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
Easy-to-Read Version
They also gave Aaron's descendants cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. These cities were Gibeon, Geba,
George Lamsa Translation
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
Good News Translation
From the territory of Benjamin they were given four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its open lands, Geba and its open lands,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But of the trybe of Ben Iamin they gaue foure cities, Gibeon and ye suburbes therof, Gaba, and the suburbes therof,
American Standard Version
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
Bible in Basic English
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And out of the tribe of Beniamin, they gaue Gibeon with her suburbes, Gabae with her suburbes,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with the open land about it, Geba with the open land about it;
King James Version (1611)
And out of the tribe of Beniamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;
English Revised Version
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs;
Berean Standard Bible
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli of the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn, he yaf Gabaon, and Gabee, and Anatoth, and Almon, with her subarbis;
Young's Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
Update Bible Version
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
Webster's Bible Translation
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
World English Bible
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
New King James Version
and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common-land, Geba with its common-land,
New Life Bible
From the family of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its fields, Geba with its fields,
New Revised Standard
Out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land, - Geba, with her pasture land;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
Revised Standard Version
then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
THE MESSAGE
And from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth, and Almon, together with their pastures—four towns.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

Contextual Overview

9 The Israelites gave the following towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon 10 to the descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, since the sacred lot fell to them first: 11 Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.) 12 But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession. 13 The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah, 14 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15 Holon, Debir, 16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine towns from these two tribes. 17 From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba, 18 Anathoth, and Almon—four towns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gibeon: Joshua 9:3, Joshua 18:25, 1 Chronicles 6:60

Geba: Joshua 18:24, Gaba

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:3 - Geba 1 Kings 15:22 - Geba 2 Kings 23:8 - Geba Nehemiah 12:29 - Geba Isaiah 10:29 - Geba Jeremiah 1:1 - in Anathoth Jeremiah 37:12 - the land Zechariah 14:10 - from Geba

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great."
Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority."
Genesis 16:11
And the angel also said, "You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears'), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.
Genesis 21:2
She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
Genesis 21:4
Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah declared, "God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because he is your son, too."
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar's shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 46:3
"I am God, the God of your father," the voice said. "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs,.... See Gill "Jos 18:25"; from which came the Gibeonites.

Geba with her suburbs. Of which :-.

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.


 
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