To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
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To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
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Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
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(6-56) Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, and Ashtaroth with the open land about it;
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- Joshua 21:27 They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
- Joshua 9:10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
- Joshua 20:8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
- Deuteronomy 1:4 after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
- Deuteronomy 4:43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, Be Eshterah, Josh. 21:27.
Or, Be Eshterah, Josh. 21:27.
Who in the first verse is called also Gershon.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 71. - 77. We shall see from Jos…
Verse 71. - 77. We shall see from Jos 21:28, c., that several of these cities have different names.
How barren to us is this register, both of incident and interest! and yet, as barren rocks and sandy deserts make integral and necessary parts of the globe so do these genealogical tables make necessary parts of the history of providence and grace in the maintenance of truth, and the establishment of the Church of Christ. Therefore no one that fears God will either despise or lightly esteem them.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Astharoth, or Bosra. (Calmet) --- Hebrew Hashtaroth, Josue xxi.…
Astharoth, or Bosra. (Calmet) --- Hebrew Hashtaroth, Josue xxi. 27. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 71–76 (= Jos_21:27-32). The thirteen cities of the sons…
71–76 (= Jos_21:27-32). The thirteen cities of the sons of Gershom
71. Golan] a city of refuge, Jos_21:27. The name of this city is still preserved in Jolan (Jaulan), the name of a district E. of Jordan extending from Hermon to the Jarmuk.
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Ashtaroth] mentioned in Jos_9:10 as the capital of Og, king of Bashan.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (Camp. Jos_21:27-33.) 1Ch_6:71-76.
THE CITIES OF THE GERSHONITES.
(Camp. Jos_21:27-33.) 1Ch_6:71-76.
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(71) Unto the sons of Gershom.—Supply they gave, from 1Ch_6:67.
Golan in Bashan (comp. the classical Gaulanitis, a district east of the sea of Galilee) was a city of refuge, like Hebron and Shechem.
Ashtaroth.—Images of Ashtoreth (Astarte, queen of heaven); a name like Anathoth (1Ch_6:60), which means “images of Anath,” or Anatum, the consort of Anurn (the sky). The two cities must have been ancient seats of the worship of Ashtoreth and Anath. The names still survive in Tell-Ashtereh and Anâta. Joshua (50100) reads Be’eshterah—perhaps a popular pronunciation of Beth-Ashterah (house of Ashtoreth).
(72) Kedesh means “sanctuary.” Jos_19:20; Jos_21:28 has Kishion, which may have borne the other name, as being the seat of a famous sanctuary.
(73) Ramoth.—In Joshua 21 Jarmuth, but in Jos_19:21 Remeth. Jarmuth occurs in Jos_12:11, and is probably right.
Anem.—Jos_21:29; Jos_19:21 has En-gannim. Jos_15:34 mentions a Judæan city called ha-Enam (the two fountains), and that not far from En-gannim (fount of gardens). Anem is very much like Enam.
(74) Mashal is perhaps a popular pronunciation of Mish’al (Jos_21:30; Jos_19:26). (Comp. Shçlâh = She’çlâh.)
(75) Hukok.—Helkath (Jos_19:25). Hukkôk was a city of Naphtali (Jos_19:34).
(76) Kedesh in Galilee.—A city of refuge (Jos_21:32); the modern Kedes.
Hammon =Haminoth-dor, “hot springs of Dor” (Jos_21:32); also called Hammath (Jos_19:35).
Kirjathaim.—In Jos_21:32 Kartan; a contracted form of the dual of Kereth (=Kirjah), like Dothan for Dothaim. (Dothain, Gen_37:17.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Golan was one of the three cities of refuge…
Golan was one of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan, (Jos_20:8) the other two being Bezer, of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead, of the tribe of Gad. Ashtaroth, in its previous history, had been closely connected with Og King of Bashan (Deuteronomy. Jos_9:9, 10 12:4, 5 13:12) It is called Beeshterah in Jos_21:27.
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Gershon
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Golan ... Ashtaroth ... Kedesh ... Daberath ... Ramoth ... Anem
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its pasturelands
the land with grass for animals to eat. See how you translated this in 1 Chronicles 5:16.
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Manasseh
Bashan
Issachar
Kedesh
Ramoth
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