Joshua 21:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 15:42 : 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;
  • Josh 15:54 : 54 And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.
  • Josh 20:7 : 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.
  • 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;
  • Num 35:6 : 6 And 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.
  • 1 Chr 6:56-57 : 56 But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. 57 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,
  • Isa 37:8 : 8 So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 6:55-58
    4 verses
    88%

    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.

    57And 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,

    58And Hilen with its outskirts, Debir with its outskirts,

  • Josh 21:8-12
    5 verses
    79%

    8All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.

    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.

  • Josh 21:18-22
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    18Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.

    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.

  • Num 35:11-15
    5 verses
    74%

    11Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.

    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 21:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Josh 21:31-33
    3 verses
    74%

    31Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.

    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.

    33All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.

  • Josh 21:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.

    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 21:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

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

    15And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;

  • Josh 20:7
    73%

    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 15:13
    72%

    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.

  • Num 35:6
    71%

    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.

  • Josh 20:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    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,

    3So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood.

    4And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.

  • 1 Chr 6:67
    70%

    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,

  • Josh 21:42
    70%

    42Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.

  • Josh 14:13
    70%

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

  • Josh 21:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    37Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.

    38And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;

  • Num 35:2
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 6:64
    69%

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

  • Deut 4:42-43
    2 verses
    69%

    42To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:

    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.

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    69%

    10And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Josh 20:9
    68%

    9These 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.

  • Josh 15:42
    68%

    42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;

  • 2 Chr 31:19
    68%

    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.

  • Judg 1:20
    68%

    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.

  • Josh 21:35
    68%

    35Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.

  • Josh 15:54
    67%

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