Joshua 21:39 “Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pastureland…”

Joshua 21:39

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Heshbon with her suburbs, and Iazer with her suburbes: foure cities in all.

Darby Translation

Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.

Young's Literal Translation

Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs — [in] all four cities.

Bible in Basic English

Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.

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Cross references

“Heshbon”

Joshua 13:17 Joshua 13:21 Numbers 21:26–30 Numbers 32:37 1 Chronicles 6:81

Joshua 13:17 · BSB

to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

Joshua 13:21 · BSB

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…

Numbers 21:26–30 · BSB

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 32:37 · BSB

The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

1 Chronicles 6:81 · BSB

Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.

“Jazer”

Numbers 32:1 Numbers 32:3 Numbers 32:35

Numbers 32:1 · BSB

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 32:3 · BSB

“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:35 · BSB

Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

“Jaazer”

Jeremiah 48:32 Isaiah 16:8 Isaiah 16:9

Jeremiah 48:32 · BSB

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 · BSB

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 s…

Isaiah 16:9 · BSB

So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,

40In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.

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