1 Chronicles 6:78

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, [were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,

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Referenced Verses

Josh 20:8 : 8 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in 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.
Josh 21:36-37 : 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
Deut 4:41-43 : 41 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; 42 that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 43 [ namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Josh 21:36
86%
36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
Josh 20:8
86%
8And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in 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.
Deut 4:43
77%
43[ namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
1 Chr 6:79-81
3 verses
76%
79and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
80and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
81and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
1 Chr 6:77
76%
77Unto the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari, [were given], out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs;
Josh 18:20-21
2 verses
75%
20And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.
21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,
Josh 13:23
75%
23And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border [thereof]. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Josh 13:25-27
3 verses
75%
25And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
26and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
27and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [thereof], unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
Josh 16:1
74%
1And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;
Ezek 48:6-7
2 verses
74%
6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben, one [portion].
7And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah, one [portion].
Num 34:15
74%
15the two tribes and the half - tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
Josh 13:32
74%
32These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
Josh 18:12
74%
12And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Josh 13:8-9
2 verses
74%
8With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them:
9from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
1 Chr 7:37
73%
37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
Num 32:3
73%
3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Deut 3:16-17
2 verses
72%
16And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border [thereof], even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
Josh 13:15-16
2 verses
72%
15And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
16And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;
1 Chr 6:71-72
2 verses
72%
71Unto the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the family of the half-tribe {H4294} of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
72and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
Num 33:48-49
2 verses
72%
48And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
49And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
1 Chr 6:68
72%
68and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs,
1 Chr 6:75
72%
75and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
1 Chr 6:63-64
2 verses
71%
63Unto the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
Josh 19:34
71%
34and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.
Josh 18:7
71%
7For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
2 Kgs 10:33
71%
33from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
1 Chr 6:55
70%
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;
Josh 16:7
70%
7and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
Josh 15:28
70%
28and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,
Deut 29:8
70%
8and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half - tribe of the Manassites.
Num 32:1
70%
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;
Josh 1:12
70%
12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half - tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
Josh 21:7
70%
7The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Num 35:1
70%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
2 Sam 24:5
70%
5And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer:
Josh 12:7
70%
7And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
Josh 22:7
70%
7Now to the one {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them,