And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
Parallel translations
- WEB Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
- BSB Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
- NKJV Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
- NASB Kedesh, Hazor, and Ithnan,
- NLT Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
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Quick answer
The list adds Kedesh, Hazor, and Ithnan. The southern cities of Judah continue to be recorded.
Overview
These towns, several sharing names common to other regions, dotted the southern frontier of Judah. The repetition of recording reflects the thoroughness with which the inheritance was apportioned. Every family knew its place in the land God had given.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Num 33:37And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
- Deut 1:19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
- Josh 12:22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
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