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Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites

Joshua 21:17

In 11 translations

BSB
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
KJV
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,Geba: also called, Gaba
WEB
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
ASV
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
LSV
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its outskirts, Geba and its outskirts,
YLT
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
DBY
and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
DRC
And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
GNV
And out of the tribe of Beniamin they gaue Gibeon with her suburbes, Geba with her suburbes,
JPS
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with the open land about it, Geba with the open land about it;
LXXE
And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֔ן אֶת־גִּבְע֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ אֶת־גֶּ֖בַע וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ παρὰ τῆς φυλῆς Βενιαμὶν, τὴν Γαβαὼν, καὶ τὰ ἀφωρισμένα αὐτῇ· καὶ Γαθὲθ, καὶ τὰ ἀφωρισμένα αὐτῇ·

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  • Joshua 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
  • Joshua 18:24–25Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages. Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
  • 1 Chronicles 6:60And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

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