Joshua - 21:36



36 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 21:36.

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And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Miser and Jaser
and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it;
And across the Jordan opposite Jericho, from the tribe of Reuben: a city of refuge for the manslayer, Bezer in the wilderness, on the plateau, with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,
from the tribe of Reuben, beyond the Jordan, opposite Jericho, Bezer in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Misor and Jazer,
De tribu vero Ruben, Beser et suburbana ejus: et Jehasa et suburbana ejus.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And out of the tribe of Reuben, (m) Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
(m) Bezer and Ramoch were the cities of refuge under the Merarites and beyond Jordan, (Joshua 20:8).

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs,.... Which was a city of refuge, and the fifth of them in this account, though not observed as such here, but is in the Greek version; see Joshua 20:8,
and Jahazah with her suburbs; called Jahaz; see Gill on Numbers 21:23.

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