Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, September 11th, 2025
the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

New Revised Standard

Joshua 21:17

Out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

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 Living Translation
From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba,
New Life Bible
From the family of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its fields, Geba with its fields,
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 Out of the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon they gave the following towns mentioned by name, 10 which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites who belonged to the Levites, since the lot fell to them first. 11 They gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture lands around it. 12 But the fields of the town and its villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding. 13 To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands, Libnah with its pasture lands, 14 Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, 15 Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, 16 Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands—nine towns out of these two tribes. 17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, 18 Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands—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
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, "Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."
Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her."
Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the Lord said to her, "Now you have conceived and shall bear a son; you shall call him Ishmael, for the Lord has given heed to your affliction.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised.
Genesis 21:2
Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:6
Now Sarah said, "God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me."
Genesis 21:13
As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring."
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 46:3
Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.

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.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile