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Joshua 21:22

What does Joshua 21:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 21:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs; four cities.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs--four cities.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities;

Context

v.21And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

v.22This passage

v.23And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

Cross references

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

  • Joshua 18:13

    And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.

  • Joshua 16:5

    And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;

  • Joshua 16:3

    and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:68

    and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs,

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