Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Parallel translations
- WEB Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs: four cities in all.
- BSB Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
- NKJV Heshbon with its common-land, and Jazer with its common-land: four cities in all.
- NASB Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.
- NLT Heshbon, and Jazer—four towns.
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Quick answer
Two more cities, Heshbon and Jazer, complete Gad's gift of four cities. It finishes the eastern tribes' contribution to the Merarites.
Overview
This verse concludes the list of cities given by Gad to the Merarite Levites. The careful tally reflects the faithfulness of all the tribes in honoring God's command. Even former enemy strongholds like Heshbon now serve the worship and order of God's people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 16:8–9For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
- Jer 48:32O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
- Num 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
- Num 32:35And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
- Num 21:26–30For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
- Num 32:37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
- Josh 13:17Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
- Josh 13:21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- Num 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- 1 Chr 6:81And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
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