Joshua 13:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And their border was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Their territory extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, including the city in the middle of the valley, and the entire plateau near Medeba.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And their border{H1366} was from Aroer,{H6177} that is on the edge{H8193} of the valley{H5158} of the Arnon,{H769} and the city{H5892} that is in the middle{H8432} of the valley,{H5158} and all the plain{H4334} by Medeba;{H4311}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And their coast{H1366} was from Aroer{H6177}, that is on the bank{H8193} of the river{H5158} Arnon{H769}, and the city{H5892} that is in the midst{H8432} of the river{H5158}, and all the plain{H4334} by Medeba{H4311};

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    so that their border was Aroer, which lyeth vpon the water syde of Arnon, and the cite in the myddes of the same water, with all the playne felde vnto Medba:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the brinke of the riuer Arnon, and from the citie that is in the middes of the riuer, and all the plaine which is by Medeba:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And their coast was from Aroer that lyeth on the bancke of the riuer Arnon, and from the citie that is in the middest of the riuer, and all the playne which is by Medeba:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And their coast was from Aroer, that [is] on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that [is] in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the border is to them from Aroer, which `is' on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which `is' in the midst of the brook, and all the plain by Medeba,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Their limit was from Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land by Medeba;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Their territory started at Aroer(on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba,

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 13:9 : 9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;
  • Josh 12:2 : 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
  • Num 21:28-30 : 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it has consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.
  • Num 32:33-38 : 33 And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the borders, even the cities of the country round about. 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built.
  • Deut 3:12 : 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half the mountain of Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
  • Isa 15:1-2 : 1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence. 2 He has gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
  • Isa 15:4 : 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz; therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him.
  • Isa 16:7-9 : 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab, everyone shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken. 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the nations have broken down the principal plants of it, they have come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they have gone over the sea. 9 Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah: I will water you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh: for the shouting for your summer fruits and for your harvest is fallen.
  • Jer 48:21-24 : 21 Judgment has come upon the plain country: upon Holon, Jahazah, and Mephaath, 22 And upon Dibon, Nebo, and Bethdiblathaim, 23 And upon Kiriathaim, Bethgamul, and Bethmeon, 24 And upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 13:8-11
    4 verses
    91%

    8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

    9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;

    10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;

    11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah;

  • Josh 13:25-30
    6 verses
    82%

    25 And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah;

    26 And from Heshbon to Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

    27 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and its border, even to the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

    28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities, and their villages.

    29 And Moses gave inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh; and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

    30 And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities:

  • Deut 3:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16 And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

    17 The plain also, and the Jordan, and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the eastern slopes of Pisgah.

  • Josh 13:23
    77%

    23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and its border. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

  • Josh 13:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,

    18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

  • Josh 13:15
    75%

    15 And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

  • 2 Kgs 10:33
    75%

    33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

  • Josh 12:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 These are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land on the other side of the Jordan toward the east, from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

    2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

    3 And from the plain to the Sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the Sea of the Plain, even the Salt Sea on the east, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and from the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:

  • Josh 13:32
    75%

    32 These are the lands which Moses distributed for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

  • Deut 3:12
    75%

    12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half the mountain of Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

  • Num 21:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 From there they moved, and camped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the borders of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

    14 Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, What He did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

    15 And at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the dwelling of Ar, and lies upon the border of Moab.

  • Deut 4:48
    73%

    48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even to Mount Sion, which is Hermon,

  • Deut 2:36
    73%

    36 From Aroer by the edge of the river Arnon, and from the city by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too strong for us; the LORD our God delivered all unto us.

  • Josh 20:8
    72%

    8 And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from 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 Chr 6:78-79
    2 verses
    72%

    78 And on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given to them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, and Jahzah with its pasturelands,

    79 Kedemoth also with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands:

  • Judg 11:18
    72%

    18 Then they went through the wilderness, and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of Arnon, but did not enter the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

  • Num 32:3
    71%

    3 Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon,

  • Josh 18:20
    71%

    20 And Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its boundaries all around, by their families.

  • Judg 11:22
    71%

    22 And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to Jordan.

  • Deut 3:8
    71%

    8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side of the Jordan, from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon;

  • Josh 13:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,

    21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the princes of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

  • Josh 13:4
    70%

    4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

  • 1 Sam 30:28
    70%

    28 And to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa,

  • Deut 4:43
    70%

    43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, on the plain land of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

  • Josh 15:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 And the east border was the Salt Sea, up to the end of Jordan. And their north border was from the bay of the sea at the extremity of Jordan:

    6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, passed by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben:

  • 2 Sam 24:5
    70%

    5 And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lies in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer.

  • Deut 4:46
    69%

    46 On this side of Jordan, in the valley opposite Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, after they came out of Egypt:

  • Josh 19:11
    69%

    11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;

  • Num 32:33
    69%

    33 And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the borders, even the cities of the country round about.

  • Josh 19:33
    69%

    33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakum; and its outgoings were at Jordan:

  • Num 34:12
    69%

    12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination of it shall be at the Salt Sea: this shall be your land with its boundaries all around.

  • Josh 16:7
    69%

    7 And it descended from Janohah to Ataroth and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

  • Josh 18:12
    69%

    12 Their border on the north side began at Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward, and ended at the wilderness of Bethaven.