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the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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New Century Version

Joshua 21:17

They also gave the people of Aaron these cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba,

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 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

9 These are the names of the towns that came from the lands of Judah and Simeon. 10 The first choice of towns was given to the Kohath family groups of the Levites. 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, also called Hebron, and all its pastures in the mountains of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.) 12 But the fields and the villages around Kiriath Arba had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 13 So they gave the city of Hebron to the descendants of Aaron (Hebron was a city of safety). They also gave them the towns of Libnah, 14 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15 Holon, Debir, 16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, and all the pastures around them. Nine towns were given from these two tribes. 17 They also gave the people of Aaron these cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba, 18 Anathoth, and Almon. They gave them these four towns and the pastures around them.

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 happened, the Lord spoke his word to Abram in a vision: "Abram, don't be afraid. I will defend you, and I will give you a great reward."
Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Go home to your mistress and obey her."
Genesis 16:11
The angel added, "You are now pregnant, and you will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cries.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said and did for her what he had promised.
Genesis 21:2
Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. Everything happened at the time God had said it would.
Genesis 21:4
He circumcised Isaac when he was eight days old as God had commanded.
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:13
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too."
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
Genesis 46:3
Then God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make your descendants a great nation there.

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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