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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Joshua 21:15

and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Debir;   Hilen;   Levites;   Priest;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaronites;   Debir;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judah, Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Debir (1);   Hilen;   Holon;   Judah;   Levi;   Mary, the Virgin;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Debir;   Hilen;   Holon;   Joshua, the Book of;   Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-Shemesh;   Debir;   Holon;   Joshua;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Suburb;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Debir ;   Hilen ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Levites ;   Refuge, Cities of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dehir;   Smith Bible Dictionary - De'bir;   Ho'lon;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Debir (2);   Hilen;   Holon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Debir;   Holon;   Kirjath-Sepher;   Levi ;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
Hebrew Names Version
and Holon with its suburbs, and Devir with its suburbs,
King James Version
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
Lexham English Bible
Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,
English Standard Version
Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
New Century Version
Holon, Debir,
New English Translation
Holon, Debir,
Amplified Bible
and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands,
New American Standard Bible
Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Holon with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,
Legacy Standard Bible
Holon with its pasture lands, and Debir with its pasture lands,
Complete Jewish Bible
Holon with its surrounding open land; D'vir with its surrounding open land;
Darby Translation
and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
Easy-to-Read Version
Holon, Debir,
George Lamsa Translation
Halol with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
Good News Translation
Holon, Debir,
Literal Translation
and Holon and its open lands, and Debir and its open lands,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Holon and the suburbes therof, Debir and the suburbes therof,
American Standard Version
and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
Bible in Basic English
And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Holon with her suburbes, Dabir with her suburbes:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Holon with the open land about it, and Debir with the open land about it;
King James Version (1611)
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;
English Revised Version
and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs;
Berean Standard Bible
Holon, Debir,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Elon, and Dabir, and Ayn, and Lethan,
Young's Literal Translation
and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
Update Bible Version
and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
World English Bible
and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
New King James Version
Holon with its common-land, Debir with its common-land,
New Living Translation
Holon, Debir,
New Life Bible
Holon with its fields, Debir with its fields,
New Revised Standard
Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Holon, and Dabir,
Revised Standard Version
Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

Contextual Overview

9 They gave these cities which are here mentioned by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon; 10 and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, for the lot was theirs first. 11 Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands. 12 But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession. 13 So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands, 14 and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, 15 and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands,16 and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes. 17 From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, 18 Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Holon: Joshua 15:51, 1 Chronicles 6:58, Hilen

Debir: Joshua 12:13, Joshua 15:49

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:38 - Debir

Cross-References

Genesis 21:1
Then the LORD took note of Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had promised.
Genesis 21:3
Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:22
Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do;
Genesis 21:25
But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them.
Psalms 63:1

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Isaiah 44:12
The man shapes iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. He also gets hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and becomes weary.
Jeremiah 14:3
"Their nobles have sent their servants for water; They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with their vessels empty; They have been put to shame and humiliated, And they cover their heads.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Holon with her suburbs,.... :-;

and Debir with her suburbs; :-.

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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