Verse 3

Then the children of Israel gaue of their enheritaunce these cities and the suburbes therof, vnto the Leuites, acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their wrath, because it is so fearce: and their indignacion, because it is so rigorous. I wil deuyde them in Iacob, and scater them in Israel
• Deut 33:8-9 : 8 And vnto Leui he sayde: Thy perfectnes and yi lighte be acordinge vnto the man of thy mercy, who thou hast tempted at Massa, whan ye stroue by the water of stryfe. 9 He that sayeth vnto his father and to his mother: I se him not: and to his brother, I knowe him not: and to his sonne, I wote not of him, those haue obserued thy wordes, and kepte yi couenaunt: 10 they shal teach Iacob thy iudgmentes, and Israel thy lawe: they shal laie incense before thy nose, & burntofferinges vpon thine altare.
• 1 Chr 6:54-81 : 54 And this is their habitacion and rowme in their borders, namely of Aarons children of the kynred of ye Kahathites: for this lot fell vnto them. 55 And they gaue the Hebron in the londe of Iuda, & the suburbes of the same rounde aboute. 56 But the felde of ye cite & the vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune. 57 Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron these fre cities, Hebron & Libna with their suburbes, Iather, & Esthemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir, 59 Asan and Bethsemes, with their suburbes. 60 And out of the trybe of Ben Iamin, Geba, Alemeth and Anachot wt their suburbes, so yt all the cities in their kindred were thirtene. 61 The other childre of Kahath of their kynred, had out of ye halfe trybe of Manasses, ten cities by lot. 62 The children of Gerson of their kynred, had out of ye trybe of Isachar, & out of the trybe of Asser, & out of the trybe of Nephtali, & out of the trybe of Manasses in Basan, thirtene cities. 63 The childre of Merari of their kynred, had by lot out of the trybe of Ruben, & out of the trybe of Gad, and out of the trybe of Zabulon, twolue cities. 64 And vnto ye Leuites gaue the childre of Israel cities with their suburbes, 65 namely by lot, out the trybe of the children of Iuda, & out of the trybe of the childre of Simeon, & out of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin, euen those cities, which they appoynted by name. 66 But the kynreds of the children of Kahath had the cities of their borders out of the trybe of Ephraim. 67 So gaue they now vnto the (namely vnto the kynred of the children of Kahath) ye fre cities, Sichem vpon mount Ephraim, Geser, 68 Iakmeam, Bethoron, 69 Aialon, and Gath Rimon with their suburbes. 70 And out of ye halfe trybe of Manasses, Aner and Bileam with their suburbes. 71 But vnto the children of Gerson they gaue out of the kynred of the halfe trybe of Manasses, Gola in Basan and Astharoth with their suburbes. 72 Out of the trybe of Isachar, Redes, Dabrath 73 Ramoth, and Anem with their suburbes 74 Out of the trybe of Asser, Masal, Abdo, 75 Hutoh and Sehob, with their suburbes. 76 Out of the trybe of Nephtali, Redes in Galile, Hamon and Kiriathaim with their suburbes. 77 Vnto the other children of Merari gaue they out of the trybe of Zabulon, Rimano and Thabor with their suburbes. 78 And beyode Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde besyde Iordane out of the trybe of Ruben, Bezer in the wildernes, Iahza, 79 Kedemoth and Mepaath with their suburbes. 80 Out of the trybe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, 81 He?bon and Iaeser with their suburbes.