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Joshua 21:36

in Joshua 21

From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,

KJV

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

This verse in Joshua 21

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs,.... Which was a city of refuge, and the fifth of them in this account, though not observed as such here, but is in the Greek version; see Jos 20:8, and Jahazah with her suburbs; called Jahaz; see Gill on Num 21:23.

This site's exposition

the Levite clans of the Gershonites

on Joshua 21:27-40

Gershon takes the north and Merari takes Zebulun with Reuben and Gad, and four refuge cities stand in verses 27, 32, 36 and 38. Ramoth in Gilead is where Ahab dies at 1 Kings 22:29-37, and Mahanaim is where David shelters from Absalom at 2 Samuel 17:24.

This site's exposition

they were given Bezer, Jahaz

Verses 36 and 37 are missing from some Hebrew manuscripts and early printed Hebrew Bibles, and Adam Clarke sets out the evidence for keeping them. The count of forty-eight in verse 41 needs them, and 1 Chronicles 6:78-79 lists the same towns. Jahaz is where Sihon fought Israel.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּמִמַּטֵּ֣הand from [the] tribe of

    umimatehH4294 →252 times

  • רְאוּבֵ֔ןReuben

    reuvenH7205 →72 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֶּ֖צֶרBezer

    betzerH1221 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָpasture lands its

    migrashehaH4054 →119 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יַ֖הְצָהJahaz <towards>

    yahtzahH3096 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃pasture lands its

    migrashehaH4054 →119 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 20:8

    And 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…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:27

      This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 6:78

      From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,

    • Joshua 21:38

      And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,

  • Through

    Joshua 13:18

    Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

    it leads to

    • Numbers 21:23

      But 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.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 4:43

    Bezer 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.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 6:80

      And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 20:8

      And 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…

  • Through

    Numbers 21:23

    But 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.

    it leads to

    • Judges 11:20

      But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

    • Deuteronomy 29:7–8

      When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.