KJV King James Version
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
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Joshua 21:17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
WEB World English Bible
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
ASV American Standard Version
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
Surrounding context — Joshua 21
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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Joshua 18:24-25And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:Joshua 9:3And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,1 Chronicles 6:60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families [were] thirteen cities.
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