KJV ORIGINAL
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Heshbon with its surrounding pasturelands, Jazer with its surrounding pasturelands—four cities in total.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse lists the final two cities given to the Levite priests, completing their allocation of four cities from the tribe of Gad.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the distribution of cities to the Levites (priests and temple workers) who had no tribal inheritance of land like the other tribes of Israel. Heshbon and Jazer were cities east of the Jordan River that had been conquered from the Amorites and given to the tribe of Gad, who then provided these cities for the Levites to live in while serving God.
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