Joshua 21:24
in Joshua 21Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
KJV
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath–rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
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This verse in Joshua 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the Levites which remained of
on Joshua 21:20-26
The Kohathites who were not priests are placed in Ephraim, Dan and half Manasseh, and three of their ten towns are places Israel never cleared. Gezer at verse 21 is where Joshua 16:10 says the Canaanites stayed and paid tribute, Aijalon at verse 24 is where Judges 1:35 says the Amorites would dwell, and Tanach at verse 25 appears as Taanach in Judges 1:27 among the towns Manasseh could not drive out. Shechem is the refuge city of this group, the place where Joseph's bones are buried at Joshua 24:32 and where Abimelech is crowned in Judges 9.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Aijalon with her suburbs,.... See Gill on Jos 19:42, Gathrimmon with her suburbs, four cities; See Gill on Jos 19:45.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they gave . . . these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
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The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַיָּלוֹן֙ | ʾaiyalon | Aijalon | H357 → | 10 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גַּת־ | gat- | Gath | H1667 → | 8 times |
| רִמּ֖וֹן | rimon | Rimmon | H1667 → | 8 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| עָרִ֖ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אַרְבַּֽע׃ ס | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַיָּלוֹן֙Aijalon
ʾaiyalonH357 →10 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָpasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גַּת־Gath
gat-H1667 →8 times
רִמּ֖וֹןRimmon
rimonH1667 →8 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָpasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
עָרִ֖יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
אַרְבַּֽע׃ סfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 10:12On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley…
it leads to
- Habakkuk 3:11
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- Isaiah 38:8
I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
- Isaiah 60:20
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Joshua 10:13
So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of…
- Job 9:7
He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
- Habakkuk 3:11
Through
1 Chronicles 6:69Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
it leads to
- Joshua 10:12
On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 21:24–25
Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 10:12
Through
Joshua 19:42Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
it leads to
- Judges 1:35
And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
- Judges 1:35
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.