Joshua 21:37

37 Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

Joshua 21:37 in Other Translations

37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

37 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands--four cities;

37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four towns.

37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, with their pastures - four towns.

37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath.

37 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands-four cities.

37 Kedemoth and Mephaath. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.

Joshua 21:37 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:37

Kedemoth with her suburbs
Near to which was a wilderness of that name; see ( Deuteronomy 2:26 ) ;

and Mephaath with her suburbs; of which (See Gill on Joshua 13:18); where the two preceding cities are mentioned along with it:

four cities,
( Joshua 21:35 Joshua 21:36 ) , are not in some ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, as is noted by the Masorites; but are in some others, as Kimchi owns, and stand in the Targum, in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, and in a manuscript referred to by Hottinger ^F5; and the same words are to be, found in ( 1 Chronicles 6:78 1 Chronicles 6:79 ) , and are absolutely necessary to be retained, since without them there would be but eight cities for the Merarites, whereas they are expressly said to be twelve, ( Joshua 21:40 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Thesaur. Philolog. l. 1. c. 2. p. 181

Joshua 21:37 In-Context

35 Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

36 from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, Jahaz,

37 Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

38 from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,

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

Cross References

• 1. S Joshua 13:18