Joshua 21:17

From the tribe of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,

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

In Context

16Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasturelands. There were nine cities that were given from these two tribes.

18Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its suburbs—four cities.

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Cross References

Joshua 9:3When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

1 Chronicles 6:60and from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities numbered thirteen. 1 These towns were distributed among the clans of the Kohathite, thirteen in all.

Nehemiah 12:29They also came from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built for themselves villages around 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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