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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Joshua 21:17

And out of the tribe of Beniamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

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;
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,
New Revised Standard
Out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
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 And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Leui, had: (for theirs was the first lot.) 11 And they gaue them the citie of Arbah the father of Anak (which citie is Hebron) in the hill countrey of Iudah, with ye suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, for his possession. 13 Thus they gaue to the children of Aaron the Priest Hebron with her suburbs to bee a citie of refuge for the slayer, and Libnah with her suburbs, 14 And Iattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs: 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs: 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Iuttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs, nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Beniamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs, foure cities.

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 vnto Abram in a vision, saying; Feare not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 16:9
And the Angel of the LORD said vnto her, Returne to thy mistresse, and submit thy selfe vnder her hands.
Genesis 16:11
And the Angel of the LORD said vnto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Genesis 21:1
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did vnto Sarah as he had spoken.
Genesis 21:2
For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his sonne Isaac, being eight dayes old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that heare, will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:13
And also, of the sonne of the bond woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis 21:14
And Abraham rose vp earely in the morning, and tooke bread, and a bottle of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, (putting it on her shoulder,) and the child, and sent her away: and shee departed, and wandered in the wildernesse of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 46:3
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to goe downe into Egypt: for I will there make of thee a great nation.

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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