Joshua - 21:42

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42 Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 21:42.

Differing Translations

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These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.
Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.
These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.
Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.
even these cities, every one with the open land round about it; thus it shall be with all these cities.
Fuerunt urbes istae singulae, et suburbana earum per circuitum ipsarum: sic omnibus urbibus istis.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

After this verse, the Septuagint introduces a passage (in part a repetition from Joshua 19:49-50), recording the grant of a special inheritance to Joshua, and also that he buried at Timnath-serah the flint-knives with which he had circumcised (Joshua 5:2 note) the people after the passage of Jordan. The latter statement, which has the authority of the Septuagint only, is a Jewish legend of early date.

These cities were everyone with their suburbs round about them,.... Which reached to the space of two thousand cubits on every side; and such a space was assigned to everyone of the above cities for their cattle, to keep them in and lay up provision for them:
thus were all their cities; six of them cities of refuge, and forty two for the priests and Levites to dwell in, and for the commodious use of their herds and flocks.

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