Joshua 21:39
“Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.”
Joshua 21:39 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
- DARBYDarby
- Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs ; in all four cities.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands; four cities in total.
Context: Joshua 21
37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
40So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
About Joshua 21: Levitical Cities
Joshua allocates the land of Canaan by lot to the Levites and sets aside cities for them to live in.
Commentary
Joshua 21 is the conclusion of the book of Joshua, and it is a fitting end to the story of the Israelites’ conquest of the Promised Land. In this chapter, the Lord fulfills his promise to give the Israelites the land he had promised them. The Lord commands Joshua to divide the land among the tribes of Israel, and he does so according to the Lord’s instructions. The chapter ends with a list of the cities that were given to each tribe.