Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
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Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
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Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
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Heshbon with the open land about it, Jazer with the open land about it; four cities in all.
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Passages linked to Joshua 21:39 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 21:26-30 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon. Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites. We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”
- Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.
- Numbers 32:3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
- Numbers 32:37 The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- Joshua 13:17 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
- Joshua 13:21 all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
- 1 Chronicles 6:81 Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.
- Isaiah 16:8-9 For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea. Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout has fallen.
- Jeremiah 48:32 With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Heshbon with her suburbs,.... Which was formerly the royal…
Heshbon with her suburbs,.... Which was formerly the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and was first given to and rebuilt by the Reubenites, but was upon the border of the tribe of Gad; and appears from hence to have been one of their cities, Num 21:26,
Jazer with her suburbs; sometimes called Jaazer, another city in the same country, and near Heshbon; see Num 21:32,
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four cities in all: which were Ramothgilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 39. Heshbon] ch. Jos_13:17; Jazer, see ch. Jos_13:25.
39. Heshbon] ch. Jos_13:17; Jazer, see ch. Jos_13:25.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The clans of Merari were also given Heshbon
The clans of Merari were also given Heshbon
This can be stated in active form. AT: "The clans of Merari also received Heshbon" (See: Active or Passive)
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Heshbon ... Jazer
These are names of cities. (See: How to Translate Names)
twelve cities in all
"12 cities in total" (See: Numbers)
twelve cities in all were given to them by the casting of lots
This can be stated in active form. AT: "they received these twelve cities by the casting of lots" (See: Active or Passive)
casting of lots
A random method of choosing to remove the choice from the leader's will, often done with the idea that God will decide the outcome. See how you translated this in Joshua 19:1.
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