Joshua 18:26

Wycliffe Bible

and Beroth, and Mesphe, and Caphera, and Ammosa,

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,

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,

Revised Standard Version
Mizpeh, Chephi'rah, Mozah,

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

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And the firste lot of the sones of Beniamyn, bi her meynees, stiede, that thei schulden welde the lond bitwixe the sones of Juda and the sones of Joseph. ¹² And the terme of hem was ayens the north fro Jordan, and passide bi the side of Jerico of the north coost; and it stiede fro thennus ayens the west to the hilli places, and it cam to the wildirnesse of Bethauen; ¹³ and it passide bisidis Luza to the south; thilke is Bethel; and it goith doun in to Astoroth Adar, in to the hil which is at the south of lowere Betheron; and is bowid, ¹⁴ and cumpassith ayens the see, at the south of the hil that biholdith Betheron ayens the north; and the outgoyngis therof ben in to Cariathbaal, which is clepid also Cariathiarym, the citee of the sones of Juda; this is the greet coost ayens the see, at the west. ¹⁵ Sotheli fro the south, bi the part of Cariathiarym, the terme goith out ayens the see, and cometh til to the wel of watris of Nepthoa; ¹⁶ and it goith doun in to the part of the hil that biholdith the valei of the sones of Ennon, and is ayens the north coost, in the laste part of the valey of Raphaym; and Jehennon, that is, the valei of Ennon, goith doun bi the side of Jebusei, at the south, and cometh to the welle of Rogel, ¹⁷ and passith to the north, and goith out to Emsemes, that is, the welle of the sunne, ¹⁸ and passith to the litle hillis that ben ayens the stiyng of Adomyn; and it goith doun to Taben Boen, that is, the stoon of Boen, sone of Ruben, and passide bi the side of the north to the feeldi places; and it goith doun in to the pleyn, ¹⁹ and passith forth ayens the north to Bethagala; and the outgoyngis therof ben ayens the arm of the salteste see, fro the north, in the ende of Jordan at the south coost, ²⁰ which is the terme therof fro the eest. This is the possessioun of the sones of Beniamyn, bi her termes in cumpas, and bi her meynees;

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 it schal be conuertid, and it schal be in to schewyng, as a terebynte is, and as an ook, that spredith abrood hise boowis; that schal be hooli seed, that schal stonde ther ynne.

Isaiah 10:22
Forwhi, Israel, if thi puple is as the grauel of the see, the relifs schulen be turned therof; an endyng maad schort schal make riytfulnesse to be plenteuouse.

Isaiah 19:24
In that dai Israel schal be the thridde to Egipt and to Assur, the blessyng in the myddil of erthe;

Isaiah 65:8
The Lord seith thes thingis, As if a grape be foundun in a clustre, and it be seid, Distrie thou not it, for it is blessyng; so Y schal do for my seruantis, that Y leese not al.

Jeremiah 5:1
Cumpasse ye the weies of Jerusalem, and loke, and biholde ye, and seke ye in the stretis therof, whether ye fynden a man doynge doom, and sekynge feith; and Y schal be merciful to hem.

Ezekiel 22:30
And Y souyte of hem a man, that schulde sette an hegge bitwixe, and stonde set ayens me for the lond, that Y schulde not distrie it, and Y foond not.

Matthew 24:22
And but tho daies hadden be abreggide, ech flesch schulde not be maad saaf; but tho daies schulen be maad schort, for the chosun men.

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.