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JPS Old Testament

Joshua 21:36

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with the open land about it;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bezer;   Jahaz;   Levites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bezer;   Jahaz;   Merari;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jahaz;   Merarites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bozer;   Jahaz;   Levi;   Merari;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bezer;   Jahaz;   Jahazah;   Joshua, the Book of;   Merarites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bezer;   Jahaz;   Joshua;   Merari, Merarites;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Suburb;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bezer ;   Jahaz, Jahaza, Jahazah, Jahzah ;   Levites ;   Merari, Merarites ;   Refuge, Cities of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cities of refuge;   Jahaz;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Be'zer in the Wilderness,;   Cities of Refuge,;   Jaha'zah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bezer;   Jahaz;   Joshua, Book of;   Merari;   Refuge, Cities of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bezer;   Levi ;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From the tribe of Reuben they gave:
Hebrew Names Version
Out of the tribe of Re'uven, Betzer with its suburbs, and Yahatz with its suburbs,
King James Version
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
Lexham English Bible
From the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its pasturelands, Jahaz and its pasturelands,
English Standard Version
and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,
New Century Version
The tribe of Reuben gave them Bezer, Jahaz,
New English Translation
from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,
Amplified Bible
From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
New American Standard Bible
From the tribe of Reuben they gave Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Iahazah with her suburbs,
Legacy Standard Bible
From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
Complete Jewish Bible
Out of the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil‘ad with its surrounding open land, the city of refuge for the killer; Machanayim with its surrounding open land;
Darby Translation
and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
George Lamsa Translation
And out of the tribe of Zebulun, Nacah with its suburbs, Karthan with its suburbs,
Good News Translation
From the territory of Reuben they received four cities: Bezer, Jahaz,
Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its open lands, and Jahazah and its open lands,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of the trybe of Ruben foure cities, Bezer, Iahza,
American Standard Version
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
Bible in Basic English
And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And out of the tribe of Rube, Bezer with her suburbes, and Iahasa with her suburbes,
King James Version (1611)
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Iahazah with her suburbs,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs; and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities.
English Revised Version
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahaz with her suburbs,
Berean Standard Bible
From the tribe of Reuben they received Bezer, Jahaz,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And of the lynage of Gad, he yaf the citee of refuyt, Ramoth in Galaad, and Manaym, and Esebon, and Jaser; `foure citees, with her subarbis.
Young's Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,
Update Bible Version
And from beyond the Jordan at Jericho, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the desert of the plateau with its suburbs-the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Jazer with its suburbs,
Webster's Bible Translation
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahazah with its suburbs,
World English Bible
Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
New King James Version
and from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common-land, Jahaz with its common-land,
New Living Translation
From the tribe of Reuben they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Bezer, Jahaz,
New Life Bible
From the family of Reuben were given Bezer with its fields, Jahaz with its fields,
New Revised Standard
Out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, with her pasture land, - and Jahaz, with her pasture land;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Misor and Jaser
Revised Standard Version
and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
THE MESSAGE
From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz, Kedemoth, and Mephaath, with their pastures—four towns.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,

Contextual Overview

9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name. 10 And they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak--the same is Hebron--in the hill-country of Judah, with the open land round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13 And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with the open land about it; 14 and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it; 15 and Holon with the open land about it, and Debir with the open land about it; 16 and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with the open land about it, Geba with the open land about it; 18 Anathoth with the open land about it, and Almon with the open land about it; four cities.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bezer: Joshua 20:8, Deuteronomy 4:43, 1 Chronicles 6:78, 1 Chronicles 6:79

Jahazah: Joshua 13:18, Numbers 21:23, 1 Chronicles 6:78, Jahzah

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:6 - six cities for refuge Jeremiah 48:21 - Jahazah Jeremiah 48:24 - Bozrah

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs,.... Which was a city of refuge, and the fifth of them in this account, though not observed as such here, but is in the Greek version; see

Joshua 20:8;

and Jahazah with her suburbs; called Jahaz, Joshua 20:8- :.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 21:36. JahazahJoshua 13:18.


 
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