Joshua - 21:17

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17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 21:17.

Differing Translations

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And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with the open land about it, Geba with the open land about it;
Then, from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, he gave Gibeon, and Geba,
De tribu vero Benjamin, Gibeon et suburbana ejus, et Geba et suburbana ejus.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her (f) suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
(f) The suburbs were a thousand cubits from the wall of the cities round about, (Numbers 35:4).

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs,.... See Gill on Joshua 18:25; from which came the Gibeonites.
Geba with her suburbs. Of which See Gill on Joshua 18:24.

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