Verse 17
Joshua 21:17
Bible in Basic English
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And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/מִ/מַּטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֔ן אֶת גִּבְע֖וֹן וְ/אֶת מִגְרָשֶׁ֑/הָ אֶת גֶּ֖בַע וְ/אֶת מִגְרָשֶֽׁ/הָ
English Translation
And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasture, Geba and its pasture.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun,...
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And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have...
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And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-la...
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And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who...
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The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim...
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The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and...
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The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad a...
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All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to th...
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From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed he...
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10
These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi:...
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They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-cou...
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But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunn...
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And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the ta...
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And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;
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And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;
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And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.
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And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
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Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.
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Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.
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The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of...
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And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the t...
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And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;
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Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.
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All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.
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And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Man...
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And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;
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Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:
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Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of...
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All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.
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And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the...
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Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;
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Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mah...
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Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.
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All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the fam...
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All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns w...
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Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.
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So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their h...
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And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were agai...
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The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them,...
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