Nehemiah 12:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.

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  • Deut 11:30 : 30 Are they not across the Jordan River, toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the rift valley opposite Gilgal near the oak of Moreh?
  • Josh 5:9 : 9 The LORD said to Joshua,“Today I have taken away the disgrace of Egypt from you.” So that place is called Gilgal even to this day.
  • Josh 10:43 : 43 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
  • Josh 21:17 : 17 From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba,
  • 1 Chr 6:60 : 60 Within the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they were allotted Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. Their clans were allotted thirteen cities in all.
  • Ezra 2:24 : 24 the men of the family of Azmaveth: 42;
  • Neh 11:31 : 31 Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

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