Joshua 21:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    To the descendants of Gershon, from the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands—two cities.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And unto the children{H1121} of Gershon,{H1648} of the families{H4940} of the Levites,{H3881} out of the {H2677} half-tribe{H4294} of Manasseh{H4519} [they gave] Golan{H1474} in Bashan{H1316} with its suburbs,{H4054} the city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the manslayer,{H7523} and Be-eshterah{H1203} with its suburbs;{H4054} two{H8147} cities.{H5892}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And unto the children{H1121} of Gershon{H1648}, of the families{H4940} of the Levites{H3881}, out of the other half{H2677} tribe{H4294} of Manasseh{H4519} they gave Golan{H1474} in Bashan{H1316} with her suburbs{H4054}, to be a city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)}; and Beeshterah{H1203} with her suburbs{H4054}; two{H8147} cities{H5892}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But vnto the children of Gerson amonge the kynreds of the Leuites were geuen, Of the halfe trybe of Manasse two cities, the fre cite for the deedslayer, Gola in Basan and the suburbes therof, Beasthra, and the suburbes therof.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Also vnto the children of Gershon of the families of the Leuites, they gaue out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, the citie of refuge for the slaier, Golan in Bashan with her suburbes, and Beeshterah with her suburbes: two cities.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And vnto the childre of Gerson, which were of the kynredes of the Leuites, they gaue out of the other halfe tribe of Manasses, the citie of refuge for ye slear, Golan in Basan with her suburbes, & Beestherah with her suburbes, two cities.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge `for' the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs -- two cities.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh `they gave' Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of two cities;

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 6:71 : 71 To the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands:
  • Deut 1:4 : 4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
  • Deut 4:43 : 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 20:8 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 6:70-71
    2 verses
    78%

    70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

    71 To the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands:

  • Josh 20:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

    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.

    9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger residing among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.

  • Deut 4:42-43
    2 verses
    77%

    42 That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

    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 21:20-22
    3 verses
    77%

    20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    21 For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs,

    22 And Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Bethhoron with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Josh 21:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

    6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

    7 The children of Merari by 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.

    8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

  • Josh 21:31-33
    3 verses
    75%

    31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

    32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

    33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

  • Josh 21:36-39
    4 verses
    75%

    36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahazah with its suburbs,

    37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

    38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

    39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

  • Josh 21:13
    73%

    13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,

  • 1 Chr 6:67
    73%

    67 And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasturelands; they also gave Gezer with its pasturelands,

  • Josh 21:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its suburbs, and Gathrimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

    26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

  • Num 35:11-15
    5 verses
    73%

    11 Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.

    12 And they shall be for you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

    13 And of these cities which you shall give, you shall have six cities for refuge.

    14 You shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

    15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the traveler among them: that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

  • Josh 20:2
    73%

    2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Set apart cities of refuge for yourselves, of which I spoke to you through Moses:

  • Num 35:6
    72%

    6 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty-two cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:61-62
    2 verses
    71%

    61 And to the sons of Kohath, those remaining of the family of that tribe, were given cities out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

    62 And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:57
    71%

    57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron the city of refuge, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their pasturelands,

  • Josh 13:29-31
    3 verses
    70%

    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:

    31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining to the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

  • Josh 21:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 And Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Bethshemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

    17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

  • 1 Chr 6:78
    69%

    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,

  • Josh 14:4
    68%

    4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and for their possessions.

  • Josh 21:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2 And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their suburbs for our livestock.

    3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

  • Num 35:2
    68%

    2 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and give to the Levites suburbs for the cities around them as well.

  • 1 Chr 6:64
    68%

    64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands.

  • Josh 18:21
    67%

    21 The cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Bethhoglah, the valley of Keziz,

  • 1 Kgs 4:13
    67%

    13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars;

  • Num 32:33
    67%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 7:29
    67%

    29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel.