Joshua 13:22
What does Joshua 13:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 13:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Balaam, the son of Beor, the prophet, the children of Israel put to death with the sword.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Balaam also the son of Beor the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, did the children of Israel kill with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Context
v.21and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.
v.22This passage
v.23And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
- Numbers 22:5
And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me.
- Numbers 31:8
And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
- 2 Peter 2:15
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;
- Jude 1:11
Woe unto them! for they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.
- Numbers 24:1
And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
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