Joshua 18:21

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“These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:”

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BSBPD

“These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth–hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the cities for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families, have been Jericho, and Beth-Hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joshua 18:21 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
  2. Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
  3. Joshua 15:6The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
  4. Joshua 18:12On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
  5. Joshua 18:19The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.
  6. Judges 1:16Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
  7. Luke 10:30Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
  8. Luke 19:1Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.

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