Joshua 21:39

39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands—four towns 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 pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands—four towns.

38 Out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands—four towns in all.

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

41 The towns of the Levites within the holdings of the Israelites were in all forty-eight towns with their pasture lands.