Joshua 21:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.

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  • Josh 21:27-33 : 27 And 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. 28 And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands; 29 Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns. 30 And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands: 31 Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns. 32 And 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. 33 All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.
  • 1 Chr 6:62 : 62 And to the sons of Gershom, by their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen towns.
  • 1 Chr 6:71-76 : 71 To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its outskirts, and Ashtaroth with its outskirts; 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its outskirts, and Daberath with its outskirts, 73 And Ramoth with its outskirts, and Anem with its outskirts; 74 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its outskirts, and Abdon with its outskirts, 75 And Hukok with its outskirts, and Rehob with its outskirts; 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its outskirts, and Hammon with its outskirts, and Kiriathaim with its outskirts.
  • Exod 6:16-17 : 16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi in the order of their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the years of Levi's life were a hundred and thirty-seven. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, in the order of their families.
  • Num 3:21-22 : 21 From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

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  • 1 Chr 6:59-66
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    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.

    62And to the sons of Gershom, by their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen towns.

    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.

  • Josh 21:3-5
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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.

    5The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 21:7-10
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    7The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.

    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.

  • Josh 21:30-34
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    30And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:

    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.

    34And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah with their grass-lands;

  • 1 Chr 6:70-72
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    70And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its outskirts, and Bileam with its outskirts, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

    71To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its outskirts, and Ashtaroth with its outskirts;

    72And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its outskirts, and Daberath with its outskirts,

  • Josh 19:22-24
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    22And their limit goes as far as Tabor and Shahazimah and Beth-shemesh, ending at Jordan; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.

    23This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Issachar by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.

    24And the fifth heritage came out for the tribe of Asher by their families.

  • Josh 19:31-32
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    31This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Asher by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.

    32For the children of Naphtali the sixth heritage came out, for the children of Naphtali by their families;

  • Josh 21:25-28
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    25And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.

    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.

    28And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;

  • Josh 21:19-20
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    74%

    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.

  • Josh 19:16-17
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    16This is the heritage of the children of Zebulun by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.

    17For Issachar the fourth heritage came out, for the children of Issachar by their families;

  • Josh 13:28-31
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    72%

    28This is the heritage of the children of Gad by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places

    29And Moses gave their heritage to the half-tribe of Manasseh by their families.

    30And their limit was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all Havvoth-Jair, in Bashan, sixty towns;

    31And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, towns of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Machir by their families.

  • Josh 17:11
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    11In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, and Ibleam and its daughter-towns, and the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, and the people of En-dor and its daughter-towns, and the people of Taanach and its daughter-towns, and the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, that is, the three hills.

  • Josh 19:6-7
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    6And Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen; thirteen towns with their unwalled places;

    7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether and Ashan; four towns with their unwalled places;

  • Josh 21:16-17
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    71%

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

    17And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;

  • Josh 20:8
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    8And 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.

  • Josh 21:40
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    40All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

  • Josh 17:2
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    2And as for the rest of the children of Manasseh, their heritage was given to them by families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their families.

  • 1 Chr 6:76
    69%

    76And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its outskirts, and Hammon with its outskirts, and Kiriathaim with its outskirts.

  • Josh 19:39
    69%

    39This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Naphtali by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.