Nehemiah 11:31

11:31 Some of the descendants of ¹  Benjamin settled in Geba, ²  Micmash, Aija, Bethel ³  and its villages,

Joshua 21:17

21:17 From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned ⁴  Gibeon, Geba,

Joshua 21:1

Levitical Cities

21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders

Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ⁵  was shut tightly ⁶  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ⁷ 

¹ tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew MSS and the Syriac Peshitta וּמִבְּנֵי (umibbÿney, “and some of the descendants of”; cf. NLT) rather than the MT reading וּבְנֵי (uvÿne, “and the sons of”).

² tc Heb “from Geba.” It is preferable to delete the preposition “from” read by the MT.

³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁴ tn The words “they assigned” are supplied for clarification (also in vv. 23, 25).

⁷ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁸ tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

⁹ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”