Joshua - 21:38



38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 21:38.

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And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, one of the cities of refuge, and Manaim
and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with the open land about it;
from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth of Gilead, one of the cities of refuge, and Mahanaim
Et de tribu Gad, urbem refugii homicidae, Ramoth in Gileath et suburbana ejus: et Mahanaim et suburbana ejus.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And out of the tribe of Gad,.... Which also, as that of Reuben, lay on the other side Jordan:
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs; of which see Joshua 20:8,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and is the sixth and last city of refuge in this account:
and Mahanaim with her suburbs; here it was the angels met Jacob, which gave rise to the name of the place, Genesis 32:1; afterwards a city was built here, and was on the borders of the tribe of Gad, and belonged to it, Joshua 13:26; mention is made of it in other places, 2-Samuel 2:8 1-Kings 2:8.

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