Joshua 21:38
38
from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,
Read Joshua 21:38 Using Other Translations
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
From the tribe of Gad they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Mahanaim,
What does Joshua 21:38 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Joshua 21:38
And out of the tribe of Gad
Which also, as that of Reuben, lay on the other side Jordan:
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs;
of which see ( Joshua 20:8 ) ;
[to be] a city of refuge for the slayer;
and is the sixth and last city of refuge in this account:
and Mahanaim with her suburbs;
here it was the angels met Jacob, which gave rise to the name of
the place, ( Genesis 32:1
Genesis
32:2 ) ; afterwards a city was built here, and was on the
borders of the tribe of Gad, and belonged to it, ( Joshua 13:26
) ; mention is made of it in other places, ( 2 Samuel 2:8
) ( 1 Kings
2:8 ) .
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