Joshua 21:38

What does Joshua 21:38 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 21:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

Context

v.37Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

v.38This passage

v.39Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

Cross references

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

  • Deuteronomy 4:43

    namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

  • Joshua 20:8

    And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

  • 1 Kings 22:3

    And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

  • 1 Chronicles 6:80

    and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

  • 2 Samuel 17:24

    Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Samuel 19:32

    Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

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