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Schlachter Bibel

Josua 21:17

Von dem Stamme Benjamin aber gaben sie Gibeon und seine Weideplätze, Geba und seine Weideplätze,

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

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und vom Stamme Benjamin: Gibeon und seine Bezirke, Geba und seine Bezirke,
Lutherbible (1912)
von dem Stamm Benjamin aber gaben sie vier Städte: Gibeon und seine Vorstädte, Geba und seine Vorstädte,

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

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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