Joshua 18:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.”

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BSBPD

“On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the Jordan doth border it at the east quarter; this <FI>is<Fi> the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders round about, for their families.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joshua 18:20 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 2:9and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
  2. 1 Kings 4:18Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

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