1 Chronicles 6:57

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And to the sons of Aaron they gave Hebron, the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, and Libnah with its outskirts, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its outskirts,

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  • Josh 15:48 : 48 And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh;
  • Josh 21:13-14 : 13 And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands; 14 And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;
  • Josh 21:19 : 19 Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.
  • 1 Chr 4:17 : 17 And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
  • Josh 20:7-9 : 7 So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah. 8 And on the east side of Jordan at Jericho, they made selection of Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the towns marked out for all the children of Israel and for the man from a strange country living among them, so that anyone causing the death of another in error, might go in flight there, and not be put to death by him who has the right of punishment for blood till he had come before the meeting of the people.
  • Num 35:13-15 : 13 Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places; 14 Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight. 15 For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.
  • Josh 10:29 : 29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made an attack on it;
  • Josh 15:42 : 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;

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  • Josh 21:9-14
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    9From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:

    10These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

    11They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.

    12But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.

    13And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;

    14And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;

  • 1 Chr 6:54-56
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    54Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, because they had the first selection,

    55To them they gave Hebron and its outskirts in the land of Judah;

    56But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

  • 1 Chr 6:63-69
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    63And to the sons of Merari, by their families, twelve towns were given by the Lord's decision, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

    64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the towns with their outskirts.

    65And they gave by the Lord's decision 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 towns whose names are given.

    66And to the families of the sons of Kohath were given towns by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    67And they gave them the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its outskirts, and Gezer with its outskirts,

    68And Jokmeam with its outskirts, and Beth-horon with its outskirts,

    69And Aijalon with its outskirts, and Gath-rimmon with its outskirts;

  • 1 Chr 6:58-61
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    58And Hilen with its outskirts, Debir with its outskirts,

    59And Ashan with its outskirts, and Beth-shemesh with its outskirts;

    60And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its outskirts, and Alemeth with its outskirts, and Anathoth with its outskirts. All their towns among their families were thirteen towns.

    61And to the rest of the sons of Kohath there were given by the Lord's decision ten towns out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Num 35:12-15
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    12In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.

    13Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;

    14Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.

    15For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.

  • Josh 15:13
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    13And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.

  • 2 Chr 11:10
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    10And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Num 35:6-7
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    6And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.

    7Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.

  • Josh 20:7
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    7So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

  • Josh 21:19-22
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    72%

    19Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.

    20The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

    21And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;

    22And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.

  • Josh 21:3-4
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    3And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.

    4And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

  • 2 Chr 31:19
    71%

    19And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed among the Levites.

  • Josh 21:27
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    27And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.

  • Josh 15:59
    71%

    59And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six towns with their unwalled places.

  • Josh 15:54-55
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    54And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.

    55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah;

  • Josh 14:13
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    13And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.

  • Num 35:2
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    2Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.

  • Judg 1:20
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    20And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

  • 1 Sam 30:28
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    28And to those in Arara and Eshtemoa

  • Josh 20:2
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    2Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses,

  • Josh 15:57
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    57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten towns with their unwalled places.

  • Josh 21:16
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    16And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.

  • Josh 21:32
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    32And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.

  • Neh 11:30
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    30Zanoah, Adullam and their daughter-towns, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its daughter-towns. So they were living from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.

  • Deut 4:43
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    43The names of the towns were Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for Manasseh.