KJV King James Version
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
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Joshua 21:38
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
WEB World English Bible
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
ASV American Standard Version
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
Surrounding context — Joshua 21
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were [by] their lot twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּמִמַּטֵּה־H4294 · mat.tehtribe: rodגָ֗דH1410 · gadGadאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עִיר֙H5892 · irexcitementמִקְלַ֣טH4733 · miq.latrefugeהָרֹצֵ֔חַH7523 · ra.tsachto murderאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רָמֹ֥תH7433 · ra.mot gi.l.adRamoth (Gilead)בַּגִּלְעָ֖דH1568 · gil.adGileadוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָH4054 · mig.rashpastureוְאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַחֲנַ֖יִםH4266 · ma.cha.na.yimMahanaimוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃H4054 · mig.rashpasture
Cross-references
Genesis 32:2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.Deuteronomy 4:43[Namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.2 Samuel 17:24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.Joshua 20:8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.1 Kings 22:3And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?1 Chronicles 6:80And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,2 Samuel 19:32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a very great man.
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