Joshua 21:18

What does Joshua 21:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 21:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs--four cities;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Anathoth and Almon, with, their suburbs: four cities.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.

Context

v.17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

v.18This passage

v.19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 10:30

    Cry aloud with thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor Anathoth!

  • 1 Chronicles 6:60

    and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

  • Jeremiah 1:1

    The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

  • 1 Kings 2:26

    And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

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