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Clementine Latin Vulgate

Josue 21:15

Si habuerit homo uxores duas, unam dilectam, et alteram odiosam, genuerintque ex eo liberos, et fuerit filius odiosæ primogenitus,

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

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
et Holon, et Dabir,
Nova Vulgata (1979)
et Helon et Dabir

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

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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