Joshua 21:39

Translations

Modern

Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.

Traditional

Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

Literal

Heshbon and its pasturelands, Jazer and its pasturelands—in all four cities.

Latin

Included in Joshua 21:38

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Hebrew

English

Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.

Notes

Joshua 21:9–42

The descendants of Aaron received thirteen cities, the rest of the Kohathite clan received ten, the descendants of Gershon received thirteen, and the Merari clan received twelve. There were a total of forty-eight Levitical cities. Each tribe had four Levitical cities, except Judah had eight, Simeon had one, and Naphtali had three. Six of the Levitical cities were also cities of refuge (20:7–8).

Joshua 20:1–21:45

Before they fully divided the land, Joshua had to establish six cities of refuge and assign cities in which the Levites would live.

Joshua 13:1–21:45

As he had promised, God brought Israel into the land. Joshua then focused on dividing the land among Israel's tribes.
The tribal allowances made the covenant of the Israelites with God real. It showed the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Since God owned the land, giving it to the tribes was a gift. God gave them the land to live in and guided its distribution.
In these lists of tribal allowances, the author describes some borders in great detail, allowing them to be mapped. With others, they are less plainly defined.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua Inheriting the Land

Related verses

Numbers 32:3
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Joshua 13:17
…to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
Jeremiah 48:32
I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
Isaiah 16:8–9
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
1 Chronicles 6:81
Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.
Numbers 32:1
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
Numbers 21:26–30
Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
Numbers 32:35
Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
Joshua 13:21
…all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
Numbers 32:37
The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

Parallels

Numbers 35:1–8 1 Chronicles 6:54–81

Places

Heshbon: Amorite city conquered by Moses, allotted to Reuben Jazer: A town in Gilead, allotted to Gad

Glossary

Jazer Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Kohath, Kohathites Levitical Cities Merari, Merarite Priests and Levites Shiloh Tribe of Dan Tribe of Levi

Topics

Heshbon: Allotted to Gad Jaazer: A Levitical City of Refuge in Gilead, Allotted to Gad, and Given to the Levites Jazer: A City of Refuge East of the Jordan River Levites: Assigned To, by Families

Joshua 21:39

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