Joshua 21:36

36 From the tribe of Reuben, they gave 1Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,

Joshua 21:36 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:36

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs
Which was a city of refuge, and the fifth of them in this account, though not observed as such here, but is in the Greek version; see ( Joshua 20:8 ) ; and Jahazah with her suburbs; called Jahaz, (See Gill on Numbers 21:23).

Joshua 21:36 In-Context

34 To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands.
35 Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.
36 From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
37 Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities.
38 From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8
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