JOS 15:32 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX καὶ Λαβὼς, καὶ Σαλὴ, καὶ Ἐρωμώθ· πόλεις εἰκοσιεννέα, καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν.
(kai Labōs, kai Salaʸ, kai Erōmōth; poleis eikosiennea, kai hai kōmai autōn.)

ULT and Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon. All of the cities, were 29 and their villages.

UST Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. There were these 29 cities in the southern part of the territory of Judah. The people of Judah lived in them and in their surrounding villages,

BSB & MSB Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty -nine cities in all, along with their villages.

OEB Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon, twenty-nine towns in all with their villages.

WEBBE & WMBB Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.

NET Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon – a total of twenty-nine cities and their towns.

LSV and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities [are] twenty-nine, and their villages.

FBV Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine towns with their associated villages.

T4T Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. There were 29 towns altogether and their surrounding villages.

LEB Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon; in all, twenty-nine cities and their villages.

BBE And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the towns are twenty-nine, with their unwalled places.

Moff Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon, twenty-nine towns in all with their villages.

JPS and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.

ASV and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.

DRA Lebaoth and Selim and Aen and Remmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their villages.

YLT and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities [are] twenty and nine, and their villages.

Drby and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their hamlets.

RV and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.

SLT And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon: all the cities twenty and nine and their enclosures:

Wbstr And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

KJB-1769 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

KJB-1611 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twentie and nine, with their villages.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Labaoth, Selhim, Ain, and Rimon: all the cities are twentie and nine, with their villages.
(Labaoth, Selhim, Ain, and Rimon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.)

Gnva And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all these cities are twentie and nine with their villages.
(And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all these cities are twenty and nine with their villages.)

Cvdl Lebaoth, Silhim, Am, Rimo. These are nyne and twentye cities & their vyllages.
(Lebaoth, Silhim, Am, Rimo. These are nine and twenty cities and their villages.)

Wycl Lebeoth, and Selymetem Remmoth; alle `the citees, nyn and thretti, and the townes `of tho.
(Lebeoth, and Selymetem Remmoth; all the cities, nine and thirty, and the towns of those.)

Luth Lebaoth, Silhim, Ain, Rimon. Das sind neunundzwanzig Städte und ihre Dörfer.
(Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, Rimmon. The are twenty-nine cities and their/her villages.)

ClVg Lebaoth et Selim et Aën et Remon. Omnes civitates viginti novem, et villæ earum.
(Lebaoth and Selim and Aën and Rimmon. All_of_them cities twenty nine, and villages of_them.)

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–63 The tribe of Judah received their land

This section describes the boundaries of the tribe of Judah and lists the towns that are within those boundaries.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The boundaries of Judah

The land of the tribe of Judah

Paragraph 15:20–32

This paragraph is a list of the towns that the tribe of Judah received in the southern part of their land. After the paragraph there are several other paragraphs that list towns throughout the territory of Judah.

15:32a

Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—

Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon.
Lebaoth Town and Shilhim Town and Ain Town and Rimmon Town.

Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon:

15:32b

twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.

The total was twenty-nine towns and the villages that surrounded them.
In all there were twenty-nine (29) towns, with villages around them.

twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages: Most towns in the time of Joshua were very small. They had a wall for protection and a ruler of their own. Outside the walls of the town, there were villages that depended on that town for protection.

The list of town names in verses 15:21–32 adds up to thirty-six towns. It is not clear why the author says twenty-nine. It is possible that seven of the towns were small settlements that did not have villages attached to them. It is recommended that you translate this as twenty-nine.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

The total was twenty-nine towns and the villages that surrounded them

In all there were 29 towns, with the villages around them

BMM BibleMapper.com Maps:

Poster Map of the Tribe of Benjamin, circa 1200 B.C.

The descendants of Jacob’s son Benjamin occupied one of the smallest of the Israelite tribal allotments–measuring a mere 27 miles (43 km) wide by 14 miles (23 km) high–yet the significance of all the biblical events that took place within it is immense. Benjamin was the location of the Israelites’ very first battles to conquer to the Promised Land, beginning with Jericho and moving on to Ai (see “The Israelites Conquer Ai” map). After this, four Gibeonite towns–all located in western Benjaminite territory–deceived the Israelites into forming an alliance with them (see “The Conquest of Canaan: The Southern Campaign” map) in order to avoid being wiped out by them. Two judges (Ehud and Deborah; see “Ehud Rescues Israel” and “Deborah and Barak Defeat Sisera” maps) hailed from Benjamin as did the prophet Samuel (see “The Tribe of Benjamin” map). After the Ark of the Covenant was captured near Aphek and Shiloh was overrun by the Philistines, it appears that the altar was moved to the High Place of Gibeah by the time of Solomon (see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). In the closing years of the judges, a tragic incident at Gibeah led to a war between Benjamin and the rest of the Israelites tribes (see “Israel Battles Benjamin” map). Saul, the first king of Israel, also hailed from Benjamin (see “Saul Searches for His Father’s Donkeys” map). While King David’s capital was at Hebron, a detachment of his forces attacked those of Saul’s son Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, leading them to flee to the Hill of Ammah (likely the same as Emmaus; see “The Battle at the Pool of Gibeon” map). David later established Jerusalem, technically located within Benjamin’s territory, as his new capital over all Israel (2 Samuel 5:6-9). The borders of Benjamin’s tribal allotment and the adjacent borders of its neighboring tribes are meticulously defined in Joshua 15:1-16:3 and Joshua 18:11-28, demonstrating the biblical writers’ acute awareness of Benjamin’s territory. Several stretches of these borders appear to follow established roads that existed during the settlement era.

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land

After the Israelites had conquered portions of the Promised Land and Joshua had grown old, the Lord directed him to divide the rest of the land among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance (Joshua 13-20). The eastern tribes had already been allotted their land under Moses’ leadership (Numbers 32), but they continued to help the other tribes drive out the Canaanites from land west of the Jordan River. The Lord also instructed the Israelites to designate several cities of refuge, where someone could flee for protection from an avenger if they accidentally killed someone (Numbers 35; Joshua 20).

Parallel JOS 15:32

Section 15:1–63 The tribe of Judah received their land

Paragraph 15:20–32

15:32a

15:32b

Poster Map of the Tribe of Benjamin, circa 1200 B.C.

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land