Joshua 21:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,”
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“And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,”
King James Version · Public Domain“And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 21:38 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 32:2When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- Deuteronomy 4:43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
- Joshua 13:26the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
- Joshua 13:30The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
- Joshua 20:8And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
- 2 Samuel 17:24Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 19:32Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
- 1 Kings 4:13Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
- 1 Kings 4:14Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
- 1 Kings 22:3who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Chronicles 6:80And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
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