Joshua 21:39

39 ¹Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.

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 with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities;

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

39 Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.

40 As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.

41 The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.

Cross References

• 1. 21:39 [See ver. 38 above]