Joshua 18:26

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

Hebrew Names Version
and Mitzpeh, and Kefirah, and Motzah,

King James Version
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Lexham English Bible
Mizpeh, Kephirah, Mozah,

English Standard Version
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

New Century Version
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

New English Translation
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

Amplified Bible
and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,

New American Standard Bible
Mizpeh, Chephirah, and Mozah,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Mizpeh, & Chephirah, and Mozah,

Legacy Standard Bible
and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,

Complete Jewish Bible
Mitzpeh, K'firah, Motzah,

Darby Translation
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Easy-to-Read Version
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

George Lamsa Translation
Mizpah, Chepirah, Mozah,

Good News Translation
Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,

Literal Translation
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Mispa, Caphira, Moza,

American Standard Version
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Bible in Basic English
And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Mispeh, Chephirah, and Mosah,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;

King James Version (1611)
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke;

English Revised Version
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;

Berean Standard Bible
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Beroth, and Mesphe, and Caphera, and Ammosa,

Young's Literal Translation
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Update Bible Version
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

World English Bible
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

New King James Version
Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,

New Living Translation
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

New Life Bible
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

New Revised Standard
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Mizpeh and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Mesphe, and Caphara, and Amosa,

Revised Standard Version
Mizpeh, Chephi'rah, Mozah,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Benjamin was the first tribe chosen to receive land. The region for its clans lay between the Judah tribe on the south and the Joseph tribes on the north. ¹² Benjamin's northern border started at the Jordan River and went up the ridge north of Jericho, then on west into the hill country as far as the Beth-Aven Desert. ¹³From there it went to Luz, which is now called Bethel. The border ran along the ridge south of Luz, then went to Ataroth-Orech and on as far as the mountain south of Lower Beth-Horon. At that point it turned south and became the western border. It went as far south as Kiriath-Baal, a town in Judah now called Kiriath-Jearim. ¹⁵ Benjamin's southern border started at the edge of Kiriath-Jearim and went east to the ruins and on to Nephtoah Spring. ¹⁶ From there it went to the bottom of the hill at the northern end of Rephaim Valley. The other side of this hill faces Hinnom Valley, which is on the land that slopes south from Jerusalem. The border went down through Hinnom Valley until it reached Enrogel. ¹⁷ At Enrogel the border curved north and went to Enshemesh and on east to Geliloth, which is across the valley from Adummim Pass. Then it went down to the Monument of Bohan, who belonged to the Reuben tribe. ¹⁸ The border ran along the hillside north of Beth-Arabah, then down into the Jordan River valley. ¹⁹ Inside the valley it went south as far as the northern hillside of Beth-Hoglah. The last section of the border went from there to the northern end of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan River. ²⁰ The Jordan River itself was Benjamin's eastern border. These were the borders of Benjamin's tribal land, where the clans of Benjamin lived. ²¹One region of Benjamin's tribal land had twelve towns with their surrounding villages. Those towns were Jericho, Beth-Hoglah, Emek-Keziz, Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar-Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mizpeh: Situated not far from Rama, forty stadia from Jerusalem. Judges 10:17

Chephirah: Joshua 9:17, Ezra 2:25

Reciprocal: Joshua 11:3 - land Judges 19:13 - Gibeah Judges 20:1 - in Mizpeh 1 Kings 15:22 - Mizpah 2 Chronicles 16:6 - Mizpah

Cross-References

Isaiah 6:13
If only a tenth of the people are left, even they will be destroyed. But just as stumps remain after trees have been cut down, some of my chosen ones will be left.

Isaiah 19:24
Israel will join with these two countries. They will be a blessing to everyone on earth,

Isaiah 65:8
Here is what the Lord says: A cluster of grapes that produces wine is worth keeping! So, because of my servants, I won't destroy everyone.

Jeremiah 5:1
The Lord said to me: "Search Jerusalem for honest people who try to be faithful. If you can find even one, I'll forgive the whole city.

Ezekiel 22:30
I looked for someone to defend the city and to protect it from my anger, as well as to stop me from destroying it. But I found no one.

Matthew 24:22
If God doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of God's chosen ones, he will make the time shorter.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Mizpeh,.... Frequent mention is made of Mizpeh in Scripture; according to Fuller t, it was about eight miles from Gibeah; it was near Ramathon, which Josephus says u was forty furlongs from Jerusalem;

and Chephirah was one of the cities subject to Gibeon, Joshua 9:17.

and Mozah; there was a place called Motza, near to Jerusalem, where they used to go to get willows at the feast of tabernacles w.

t Pisgah-Sight, B. 2. c. 12. p. 209. u Antiqu. l. 8. c. 12. sect. 3. w Misn. Succah, c. 4. sect. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown.

Joshua 18:14

And compassed the corner ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point.

Joshua 18:21

The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem.

Joshua 18:22

Zemaraim, i. e. “two wooded hills,” is supposed to be the ruins called “Es-Sumrah,” on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.

Joshua 18:23

Ophrah (Joshua 15:9 note), to be distinguished here and in 1 Samuel 13:17 from the Ophrah of Judges 6:11, is probably the Ephrain of 2 Chronicles 13:19, and the Ephraim of John 11:54. It is conjecturally identified with “Et-Taiyibeh,” on the road from Jerusalem to Bethel.

Joshua 18:24

Gaba - This name, like Gibeah, Gibeon, etc. Joshua 9:3, indicates a town placed on a hill, and occurs repeatedly in various forms in the topography of Palestine. Gaba is the Gibeah (if 1 Samuel 13:15-16; 1 Samuel 14:5, where the Hebrew has גבע Geba‛, which is undoubtedly the correct reading throughout. The city was one of those assigned to the Levites Joshua 21:17, and lay on the northern border of Judah. It is identified with the modern “Jeba,” lying on the side of a deep ravine opposite to Michmash (“Mukhmas”). The famous “Gibeah of Saul,” or “Giheah of Benjamin” (the Gibeath of Joshua 18:28) lay at no great distance southwest of Geba, on the high road from Jerusalem to Bethel, and is probably to be looked for in the lofty and isolated “Tulcil-el-Ful.”

Joshua 18:25

Ramah - i. e. “lofty;” probably the native town and abode of Samuel 1Sa 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1. Its exact site is uncertain.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpeh - See Joshua 11:3. Not the Mizpeh of Joshua 15:38, but the place where Samuel judged the people and called them together for the election of a king 1 Samuel 7:5-16; 1 Samuel 10:17. In the Chaldaean times it was the residence of Gedaliah 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:14. Its site is identified with “Neby Samwil,” about five miles northwest of Jerusalem.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 18:26. And Mizpeh — This place is celebrated in the sacred writings. Here the people were accustomed to assemble often in the presence of the Lord, as in the deliberation concerning the punishment to be inflicted on the men of Gibeah, for the abuse of the Levite's wife. Judges 20:1-3. Samuel assembled the people here to exhort them to renounce their idolatry, 1 Samuel 7:5-6. In this same place Saul was chosen to be king, 1 Samuel 10:17. It was deemed a sacred place among the Israelites; for we find, from 1Mac 3:46, that the Jews assembled here to seek God, when their enemies were in possession of the temple.