Verse 3

And the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritaunce at the biddyng of the Lorde, these cities folowing with their suburbes.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their wrath, for it was shamelesse, and their fiercenesse, for it was cruell: I wyll deuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel.
• Deut 33:8-9 : 8 And vnto Leui he sayde: Thumim and Urim shalbe with thee, and with euery one that is godly in thee: Thou dyddest proue hym also in the temptation, & striuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe. 9 He that hath sayde vnto his father & to his mother (I haue not seene hym) and he that knewe not his brethren, nor knewe his owne children, those are they that haue obserued thy worde, and shall kepe thy couenaunt. 10 They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes, and Israel thy lawe: They shall put incense before thy nose, and the burnt sacrifice vpon thine aulter.
• 1 Chr 6:54-81 : 54 And these are the dwelling places of them througout their townes & coastes, euen of the sonnes of Aaron throughout the kinredes of the Caathites: for so the lot fell for them. 55 And they gaue them Hebron in the land of Iuda, and the suburbes thereof rounde about it. 56 But the fieldes of the citie and the villages pertayning thereto, they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephune. 57 And to the sonnes of Aaron they gaue the cities of refuge, euen Hebron and Libna with their suburbes, Iathir and Esthemoa with their suburbes: 58 And Hilen with her suburbes, and Dabir with her suburbes, 59 Asan and her suburbes, Bethsemes and her suburbes. 60 And out of the tribe of Beniamin, Geba and her suburbes, Alemeth and her suburbes, Anathoth and her suburbes: all their cities throughout their kinredes were thirteene. 61 And vnto the sonnes of Caath the remnaunt of the kynrede of the tribe, were cities geuen out of the halfe tribe of Manasse by lot, euen ten cities. 62 And the sonnes of Gersom throughout their kinredes, had out of the tribe of Isachar, out of the tribe of Aser, & out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the tribe Manassem Basan, thirteene cities. 63 And vnto the sonnes of Merari were geuen by lot throughout their kinredes out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, twelue cities. 64 And the children of Israel gaue the Leuites cities with their suburbes, 65 And that by lot, out of the tribe of the children of Iuda, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, whiche they called by their names. 66 And they that were of the kinredes of the sonnes of Caath, had cities & their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge: Sichem in mount Ephraim and her suburbes, Gaser and her suburbes, 68 Iocmeam and her suburbes, Bethhoron and her suburbes, 69 Aialon and her suburbes, Geth Rimmon and her suburbes. 70 And out of the halfe tribe of Manasse, Auer and her suburbes, and Bileam and her suburbes, for the kinred of the remnaunt of the sonnes of Caath. 71 And vnto the sonnes of Gersom were geuen out of the kinred of the halfe tribe of Manasse: Golon in Basan and her suburbes, and Astharoth and her suburbes. 72 Out of the tribe of Isachar, Kedes, and her suburbes, Dabrath and her suburbes, 73 Ramoth also and her suburbes, Anem and her Suburbes. 74 And out of Aser, Masal and her suburbes, Abdon and her suburbes, 75 Hukock and her suburbes, Rehob and her suburbes. 76 Out of the tribe of Nephthali, Kedes in Galilea and her suburbes, Hammon and her suburbes, Kiriathaim and her suburbes. 77 And vnto the rest of the children of Merari were geuen out of the tribe of Zabulon, Rimmon and her suburbes, Thabor and her suburbes. 78 And on the other syde Iordane by Iericho, euen on the east syde of Iordane, were geuen them out of the tribe of Ruben, Bezer in the wildernesse with her suburbes, Iahzah with her suburbes, 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbes: Mephaath with her suburbes. 80 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her Suburbes, Mahanaim with her suburbes, 81 Hesbon with her suburbes, and Iazer with her suburbes.