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Literal Standard Version

Joshua 21:17

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its outskirts, Geba and its outskirts,

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,
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

9And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name; 10and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for the first lot has been theirs; 11and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its outskirts around it; 12and they have given the field of the city and its villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge [for] the manslayer, Hebron and its outskirts, and Libnah and its outskirts, 14and Jattir and its outskirts, and Eshtemoa and its outskirts, 15and Holon and its outskirts, and Debir and its outskirts, 16and Ain and its outskirts, and Juttah and its outskirts, Beth-Shemesh and its outskirts; nine cities out of these two tribes. 17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its outskirts, Geba and its outskirts,18Anathoth and its outskirts, and Almon and its outskirts—four 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 YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great."
Genesis 16:9
And the Messenger of YHWH says to her, "Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hands";
Genesis 16:11
and the Messenger of YHWH says to her, "Behold you [are] conceiving, and bearing a son, and have called his name Ishmael, for YHWH has listened to your affliction;
Genesis 21:1
And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;
Genesis 21:2
and Sarah conceives, and bears a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God has spoken of with him;
Genesis 21:4
and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.
Genesis 21:6
and Sarah says, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who is hearing laughs for me."
Genesis 21:13
As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed."
Genesis 21:14
And Abraham rises early in the morning, and takes bread, and a bottle of water, and gives to Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the boy, and sends her out; and she goes on, and goes astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;
Genesis 46:3
And He says, "I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for 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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