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Joshua 21:2

And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

KJV

locutique sunt ad eos in Silo terræ Chanaan, atque dixerunt : Dominus præcepit per manum Moysi, ut darentur nobis urbes ad habitandum, et suburbana earum ad alenda jumenta.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐν Σηλὼ ἐν γῇ Χανάαν λέγοντες Ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ Μωυσῆ δοῦναι ἡμῖν πόλεις κατοικεῖν καὶ τὰ περισπόρια τοῖς κτήνεσιν ἡμῶν.

LXX

and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

ASV

וַ/יְדַבְּר֨וּ אֲלֵי/הֶ֜ם בְּ/שִׁלֹ֗ה בְּ/אֶ֤רֶץ כְּנַ֨עַן֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר יְהוָה֙ צִוָּ֣ה בְ/יַד מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָֽ/תֶת לָ֥/נוּ עָרִ֖ים לָ/שָׁ֑בֶת וּ/מִגְרְשֵׁי/הֶ֖ן לִ/בְהֶמְתֵּֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
הָ
h
noun · 115×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כְּנָ֑עַן
kn'n
proper_noun · 94×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
שִׁלֹֽה
shlh
proper_noun · 32×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Josh 14:5 — As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
  • Josh 18:1 — And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
  • Josh 18:1 — And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
  • Num 35:2 — Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about th