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Joshua 21:38
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the distribution of Levitical cities from the tribal territory of Gad during the final allocation of the Promised Land. The words — מִקְלַט (mik.Lat) translates literally to refuge, and רָמֹת (ra.Mot) denotes the specific location named Ramoth. The thread — Ramoth appears in Deuteronomy 4:43 and Joshua 20:8 as a designated city of refuge, while Mahanaim recalls Jacob’s naming of the site as the camp of God in Genesis 32:2. Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track the precise transfer of land from a tribal inheritance to Levitical administration. It establishes how geographic names anchor theological and historical memory within the allocation records.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Cross-references
- Genesis 32:2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- Deuteronomy 4:43 Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
- Joshua 20:8 And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
- 2 Samuel 17:24 Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 19:32 Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
- 1 Kings 22:3 who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Chronicles 6:80 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,