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New Living Translation

Joshua 21:23

The following towns and pasturelands were allotted to the priests from the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eltekeh;   Gibbethon;   Levites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gibbethon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Eltekeh;   Gibbethon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eltekeh;   Gibbethon;   Kohath;   Levi;   Nadab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elteke;   Gibbethon;   Joshua, the Book of;   Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elteke;   Gibbethon;   Joshua;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Ramoth;   Suburb;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eltekeh ;   Gibbethon ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Levites ;   Refuge, Cities of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibbethon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - El-Tekeh;   Gib'bethon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elteke;   Gibbethon;   Naphtali;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dan;   Levi ;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From the tribe of Dan they gave:
Hebrew Names Version
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbeton with its suburbs,
King James Version
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
Lexham English Bible
From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands,
English Standard Version
and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
New Century Version
The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
New English Translation
From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
Amplified Bible
From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
New American Standard Bible
And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbes, Gibethon with her suburbes,
Legacy Standard Bible
From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
Complete Jewish Bible
Out of the tribe of Dan: Elt'ke with its surrounding open land, Gib'ton with its surrounding open land,
Darby Translation
and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
Easy-to-Read Version
The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
George Lamsa Translation
And out of the tribe of Dan, Ethleka with its suburbs, Gibethen with its suburbs,
Good News Translation
From the territory of Dan they were given four cities: Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its open lands, Gibbethon and its open lands,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of the trybe of Dan foure cities, Eltheke and ye suburbes therof, Gibthon and the suburbes therof,
American Standard Version
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
Bible in Basic English
And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And out of ye tribe of Dan, Elthec with her suburbes, Gabethon with her suburbes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with the open land about it, Gibbethon with the open land about it;
King James Version (1611)
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibethon with her suburbs,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs:
English Revised Version
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs;
Berean Standard Bible
From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`foure citees; also of the lynage of Dan, Helthece, and Gebethon, and Haialon,
Young's Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
Update Bible Version
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
Webster's Bible Translation
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
World English Bible
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
New King James Version
and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common-land, Gibbethon with its common-land,
New Life Bible
From the family of Dan were given Eletke with its fields, Gibbethon with its fields,
New Revised Standard
Out of the tribe of Dan: Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land, - Gibbethon, with her pasture land;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of he tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,
Revised Standard Version
and out of the tribe of Dan, El'teke with its pasture lands, Gib'bethon with its pasture lands,
THE MESSAGE
From the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, all with their pastures—four towns.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon 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

Eltekeh: Joshua 19:44, Joshua 19:45

Gibbethon: Probably the Gabatha mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome, as situated in the south of Judah, 12 miles from Eleutheropolis, where the prophet Habakkuk's sepulchre was shown.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:27 - Gibbethon 1 Kings 16:15 - And the people were encamped

Cross-References

Genesis 20:14
Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him.
Genesis 21:21
and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.
Genesis 21:22
About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. "God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do," Abimelech said.
Genesis 21:23
"Swear to me in God's name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner."
Genesis 24:3
Swear by the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
Genesis 26:28
They replied, "We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.
Genesis 31:44
So come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment."
Genesis 31:53
I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us." So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.
Deuteronomy 6:13
You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.
Joshua 2:12
"Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs,....

:-;

Gibbethon with her suburbs, :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of the cities of the non-priestly Kohathites, for Kibzaim we find Jokmeam in 1 Chronicles 6:68. This is perhaps another name for the same place, since both names may be derived from roots having a similar meaning; and for Gath-rimmon in 1 Chronicles 6:70, Bileam is given, and probably correctly; Gath-rimmon having apparently been repeated inadvertently from the preceding verse. Bileam is but another form of Ibleam Joshua 17:11.


 
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