Joshua 21:27
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
מַטֶּה
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
מִגְרָשׁ
pasture lands/ its
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מִגְרָשׁ
a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
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עִיר
cities
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עִיר
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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מְנַשֶּׁה
Manasseh
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מְנַשֶּׁה
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
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בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה
Beeshtarah
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בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה
Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan
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גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Gershon
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גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite
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גּוֹלָן
Golan
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גּוֹלָן
Golan, a place east of the Jordan
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שְׁנַיִם
two
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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מִקְלָט
the refuge of
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מִקְלָט
an asylum (as a receptacle)
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