Heshbon, and Jazer—four towns.
Parallel translations
- WEB Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs: four cities in all.
- KJV Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her 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.
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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.
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- Isa 16:8–9For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.
- Jer 48:32With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage.
- Num 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;
- Num 32:35Atrothshophan, Jazer, 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 to the Arnon.
- Num 32:37The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- Josh 13:17Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
- Josh 13:21all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
- Num 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- 1 Chr 6:81Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
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