KJV ORIGINAL
And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
And Heshbon with its surrounding pasturelands, and Jazer with its surrounding pasturelands.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse lists two more cities with their grazing lands that were given to the Levites for their inheritance.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a detailed list documenting which cities were allocated to the Levitical priests and their families when the Israelites settled in the Promised Land. Heshbon and Jazer were cities east of the Jordan River that had been conquered from the Amorite kings and were now being distributed to support the Levites, who had no tribal territory of their own but served in religious duties throughout Israel.
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