Joshua 21:39

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

Joshua 21:39 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:39

Heshbon with her suburbs
Which was formerly the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and was first given to and rebuilt by the Reubenites, but was upon the border of the tribe of Gad; and appears from hence to have been one of their cities, ( Numbers 21:26 ) ( 32:37 ) ( Joshua 13:17 Joshua 13:21 Joshua 13:26 ) ;

Jazer with her suburbs;
sometimes called Jaazer, another city in the same country, and near Heshbon; see ( Numbers 21:32 ) ;

four cities in all:
which were Ramothgilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer.

Joshua 21:39 In-Context

37 Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.

38 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;

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

40 All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

41 All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.