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Selected Verse: Joshua 21:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 21:27 |
Strong Concordance |
And unto the children [01121] of Gershon [01648], of the families [04940] of the Levites [03881], out of the other half [02677] tribe [04294] of Manasseh [04519] they gave Golan [01474] in Bashan [01316] with her suburbs [04054], to be a city [05892] of refuge [04733] for the slayer [07523]; and Beeshterah [01203] with her suburbs [04054]; two [08147] cities [05892]. |
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King James |
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare Jos 19:18, etc. Of the cities of the Gershonites, for Beesh-terah read (Beeshterah.) The name is a contraction of Beth-Ashterah ("house of Ashterah") and the city is undoubtedly the Ashtaroth or Astaroth of Og Jos 12:4; Deu 1:4; Ch1 6:71. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Golan in Bashan - On this and the other cities of refuge mentioned here, see the note on Jos 20:7. |
71 Unto the sons [01121] of Gershom [01647] were given out of the family [04940] of the half [02677] tribe [04294] of Manasseh [04519], Golan [01474] in Bashan [01316] with her suburbs [04054], and Ashtaroth [06252] with her suburbs [04054]:
4 After [0310] he had slain [05221] Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] in Heshbon [02809], and Og [05747] the king [04428] of Bashan [01316], which dwelt [03427] at Astaroth [06252] in Edrei [0154]:
4 And the coast [01366] of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], which was of the remnant [03499] of the giants [07497], that dwelt [03427] at Ashtaroth [06252] and at Edrei [0154],
18 And their border [01366] was toward Jezreel [03157], and Chesulloth [03694], and Shunem [07766],
7 And they appointed [06942] Kedesh [06943] in Galilee [01551] in mount [02022] Naphtali [05321], and Shechem [07927] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and Kirjatharba [07153], which is Hebron [02275], in the mountain [02022] of Judah [03063].