Joshua 21:41

American Standard Version (1901)

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

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  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
  • Num 35:1-8 : 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities. 7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them [shall ye give] with their suburbs. 8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.

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  • Josh 21:42
    89%

    42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

  • Num 35:6-8
    3 verses
    88%

    6And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.

    7All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them [shall ye give] with their suburbs.

    8And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.

  • Josh 21:39-40
    2 verses
    84%

    39Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

    40All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

  • Josh 21:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

    19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

    20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

  • Josh 21:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

    25And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

    26All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

  • 1 Chr 6:64-65
    2 verses
    76%

    64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.

    65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

  • Josh 21:2-9
    8 verses
    76%

    2and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

    3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

    4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

    5And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

    6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

    7The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

    8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.

    9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:

  • Josh 21:31-37
    7 verses
    74%

    31Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

    32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

    33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

    34And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,

    35Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.

    36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,

    37Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Josh 21:22
    74%

    22and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

    3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

  • Josh 21:16
    70%

    16and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

  • Josh 15:32
    70%

    32and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.

  • Josh 21:29
    70%

    29Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Ezek 47:21
    70%

    21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 15:41
    70%

    41and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

  • Josh 14:4
    70%

    4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance.

  • Josh 19:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

    38And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

    39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

  • Josh 19:23
    69%

    23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

  • Josh 19:48
    69%

    48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Neh 11:18
    69%

    18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

  • Ezek 48:31
    68%

    31and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.

  • Josh 19:31
    68%

    31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Neh 11:20
    68%

    20And the residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

  • Josh 19:16
    68%

    16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Num 4:46
    68%

    46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,

  • Josh 19:6
    67%

    6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:

  • Ezek 48:22
    67%

    22Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.