These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
WEB
Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
YLT
These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.
DBT
Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period