Joshua 21:17

And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gib'on with its open spaces, Geba' with its open spaces,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

In Context

16And 'Ayin with its open spaces, and Yuttah with its open spaces, and Beth-shemesh with its open spaces: nine cities from those two tribes.

18'Anathoth with its open spaces, and 'Almon with its open spaces: four cities.

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Cross References

Joshua 9:3And when the inhabitants of Gib'on heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto 'Ai,

1 Chronicles 6:60(6:45) And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba' with its open spaces, and 'Alemeth with its open spaces, and 'Anathoth with its open spaces. And all their cities were thirteen cities after their families.

Nehemiah 12:29Also from Beth-hagilgal, and out of the fields of Geba' and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:10-43

9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to… Read the whole commentary →

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