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Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites

Joshua 21:36

In 11 translations

BSB
From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
KJV
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
WEB
Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
ASV
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
LSV
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its outskirts, and Jahazah and its outskirts,
YLT
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,
DBY
and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
DRC
Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Miser and Jaser and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs.
GNV
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Iahazah with her suburbs,
JPS
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it;
LXXE
And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs;

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  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה (“and from [the] tribe of”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: רְאוּבֵ֔ן (“Reuben”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: אֶת־ (“obj”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: בֶּ֖צֶר (“Bezer”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: וְאֶת־ (“and obj”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ (“pasture lands its”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: וְאֶת־ (“and obj”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: יַ֖הְצָה (“Jahaz towards”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: וְאֶת־ (“and obj”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃ (“pasture lands its”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֶת־בֶּ֖צֶר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ וְאֶת־יַ֖הְצָה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου τοῦ κατὰ Ἰεριχὼ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ῥουβὴν, τὴν πόλιν τὸ φυγαδευτήριον τοῦ φονεύσαντος, τὴν Βοσὸρ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· τὴν Μισὼ, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς· καὶ τὴν Ἰαζὴρ, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 20:8And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
  • Deuteronomy 4:43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:78–79From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.
  • Joshua 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
  • Numbers 21:23But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 21:36a in some Bibles
  • 21:36-37 in most Bibles
  • Content check: text resembles KJV Josh.21.38 (word overlap 0.40) more than Josh.21.36 (0.19); mapping unverified.
  • Content check: text resembles KJV Josh.21.38 (word overlap 0.40) more than Josh.21.36 (0.19); mapping unverified. (transferred from brenton)

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