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New Living Translation

Joshua 21:39

Heshbon, and Jazer—four towns.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Heshbon;   Jaazer;   Jazer;   Levites;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jazer;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Heshbon;   Jazer;   Merari;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Heshbon;   Merarites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Heshbon;   Jaazer;   Levi;   Mahanaim;   Merari;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Heshbon;   Jazer;   Joshua, the Book of;   Merarites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Merari, Merarites;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Suburb;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jaazer, Jazer ;   Levites ;   Merari, Merarites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Heshbon;   Jazer;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mahana'im,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Heshbon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heshbon;   Jazer;   Merari;   Sea;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jaazer;   Levi ;  

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 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

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

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.


 
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