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Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Yosua 21:14
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Yatir dengan tanah-tanah penggembalaannya, Estemoa dengan tanah-tanah penggembalaannya,
dan Yatir dengan tanah rumputnya dan Esytemoa dengan tanah rumputnya,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jattir: Jattir or Jether, according to Eusebius, was situated in the district of Daroma, or the southern part of Judah, 20 miles - south from Eleutheropolis, towards the city of Malatha. Joshua 15:48, 1 Samuel 30:27, 1 Samuel 30:28
Eshtemoa: Eusebius says Eshtemoa, or Esthema, was a great city in the south of Judah, and in the district of Eleutheropolis, north of that city. Joshua 15:50, Eshtemoh
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:57 - Libnah
Cross-References
And the angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine in ye wildernes, [euen] by the well that is in the way to Sur,
Abraham rysyng vp early, gote hym to the place where he stoode before the presence of God, and loked towarde Sodome and Gomorrhe, and towarde all the lande of that playne countrey,
But Sara sayde: God hath made me to reioyce, so that all that heare, wyll ioy with me.
She sayd also: who would haue sayde vnto Abraham, that Sara shoulde haue geuen chyldren sucke? for I haue borne [him] a sonne in his olde age.
And nowe therefore, sweare vnto me euen here by God, that thou wylt not hurt me, nor my chyldren, nor my chyldrens children: but that thou shalt deale with me and the countrey where thou hast ben a straunger, accordyng vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed thee.
And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a wel of water, which Abimeleches seruauntes had violently taken away.
Wherefore the place is called Beer seba, because that there they sware both of them.
And Abraham planted a wood in Beer seba, and called there on the name of the Lorde the euerlasting God.
Then Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng, and sadled his Asse, and toke two of his young men with hym, and Isahac his sonne, and cloue wood for the burnt offering, and rose vp, and got hym to the place whiche God had appointed hym.
So turned Abraham againe vnto his young men: and they rose vp, and went together to Beer seba, and Abraham dwelt at Beer seba.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Jattir with her suburbs,.... :-;
and Eshtemoa 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.