Joshua 18:26

Revised Standard Version

Mizpeh, Chephi'rah, Mozah,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

Hebrew Names Version
and Mitzpeh, and Kefirah, and Motzah,

King James Version
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Lexham English Bible
Mizpeh, Kephirah, Mozah,

English Standard Version
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

New Century Version
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

New English Translation
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

Amplified Bible
and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,

New American Standard Bible
Mizpeh, Chephirah, and Mozah,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Mizpeh, & Chephirah, and Mozah,

Legacy Standard Bible
and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,

Complete Jewish Bible
Mitzpeh, K'firah, Motzah,

Darby Translation
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Easy-to-Read Version
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

George Lamsa Translation
Mizpah, Chepirah, Mozah,

Good News Translation
Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,

Literal Translation
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Mispa, Caphira, Moza,

American Standard Version
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Bible in Basic English
And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Mispeh, Chephirah, and Mosah,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;

King James Version (1611)
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke;

English Revised Version
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;

Berean Standard Bible
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Beroth, and Mesphe, and Caphera, and Ammosa,

Young's Literal Translation
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Update Bible Version
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

World English Bible
and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

New King James Version
Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,

New Living Translation
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

New Life Bible
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

New Revised Standard
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Mizpeh and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Mesphe, and Caphara, and Amosa,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The lot of the tribe of Benjamin according to its families came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Joseph. ¹² On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan; then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward; and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-a'ven. ¹³ From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (the same is Bethel), then the boundary goes down to At'aroth-ad'dar, upon the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-hor'on. ¹⁴ Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-hor'on, and it ends at Kir'iath-ba'al (that is, Kir'iath-je'arim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This forms the western side. ¹⁵ And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kir'iath-je'arim; and the boundary goes from there to Ephron, to the spring of the Waters of Nephto'ah; ¹⁶ then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the valley of Reph'aim; and it then goes down the valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jeb'usites, and downward to En-rogel; ¹⁷ then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-she'mesh, and thence goes to Geli'loth, which is opposite the ascent of Adum'mim; then it goes down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; ¹⁸ and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabah; ¹⁹ then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah; and the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. ²⁰ The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, according to its families, boundary by boundary round about.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mizpeh: Situated not far from Rama, forty stadia from Jerusalem. Judges 10:17

Chephirah: Joshua 9:17, Ezra 2:25

Reciprocal: Joshua 11:3 - land Judges 19:13 - Gibeah Judges 20:1 - in Mizpeh 1 Kings 15:22 - Mizpah 2 Chronicles 16:6 - Mizpah

Cross-References

Isaiah 6:13
And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains standing when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.

Isaiah 10:22
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

Isaiah 19:24
In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,

Isaiah 65:8
Thus says the LORD: "As the wine is found in the cluster, and they say, 'Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,' so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.

Jeremiah 5:1
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth; that I may pardon her.

Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Mizpeh,.... Frequent mention is made of Mizpeh in Scripture; according to Fuller t, it was about eight miles from Gibeah; it was near Ramathon, which Josephus says u was forty furlongs from Jerusalem;

and Chephirah was one of the cities subject to Gibeon, Joshua 9:17.

and Mozah; there was a place called Motza, near to Jerusalem, where they used to go to get willows at the feast of tabernacles w.

t Pisgah-Sight, B. 2. c. 12. p. 209. u Antiqu. l. 8. c. 12. sect. 3. w Misn. Succah, c. 4. sect. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown.

Joshua 18:14

And compassed the corner ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point.

Joshua 18:21

The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem.

Joshua 18:22

Zemaraim, i. e. “two wooded hills,” is supposed to be the ruins called “Es-Sumrah,” on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.

Joshua 18:23

Ophrah (Joshua 15:9 note), to be distinguished here and in 1 Samuel 13:17 from the Ophrah of Judges 6:11, is probably the Ephrain of 2 Chronicles 13:19, and the Ephraim of John 11:54. It is conjecturally identified with “Et-Taiyibeh,” on the road from Jerusalem to Bethel.

Joshua 18:24

Gaba - This name, like Gibeah, Gibeon, etc. Joshua 9:3, indicates a town placed on a hill, and occurs repeatedly in various forms in the topography of Palestine. Gaba is the Gibeah (if 1 Samuel 13:15-16; 1 Samuel 14:5, where the Hebrew has גבע Geba‛, which is undoubtedly the correct reading throughout. The city was one of those assigned to the Levites Joshua 21:17, and lay on the northern border of Judah. It is identified with the modern “Jeba,” lying on the side of a deep ravine opposite to Michmash (“Mukhmas”). The famous “Gibeah of Saul,” or “Giheah of Benjamin” (the Gibeath of Joshua 18:28) lay at no great distance southwest of Geba, on the high road from Jerusalem to Bethel, and is probably to be looked for in the lofty and isolated “Tulcil-el-Ful.”

Joshua 18:25

Ramah - i. e. “lofty;” probably the native town and abode of Samuel 1Sa 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1. Its exact site is uncertain.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpeh - See Joshua 11:3. Not the Mizpeh of Joshua 15:38, but the place where Samuel judged the people and called them together for the election of a king 1 Samuel 7:5-16; 1 Samuel 10:17. In the Chaldaean times it was the residence of Gedaliah 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:14. Its site is identified with “Neby Samwil,” about five miles northwest of Jerusalem.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 18:26. And Mizpeh — This place is celebrated in the sacred writings. Here the people were accustomed to assemble often in the presence of the Lord, as in the deliberation concerning the punishment to be inflicted on the men of Gibeah, for the abuse of the Levite's wife. Judges 20:1-3. Samuel assembled the people here to exhort them to renounce their idolatry, 1 Samuel 7:5-6. In this same place Saul was chosen to be king, 1 Samuel 10:17. It was deemed a sacred place among the Israelites; for we find, from 1Mac 3:46, that the Jews assembled here to seek God, when their enemies were in possession of the temple.