Joshua 21:10

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These cities were for the descendants of Aaron, who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, for the first lot was for them.

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  • Josh 21:4 : 4 The lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The descendants of Aaron, the priest, who were from the Levites, received, by lot, thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
  • Exod 6:18 : 18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
  • Exod 6:20-26 : 20 Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. 21 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites. 25 Eleazar, the son of Aaron, married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the families of the Levites according to their clans. 26 This is Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, 'Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their divisions.'
  • Num 3:2-4 : 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were set apart to serve as priests. 4 Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before Him in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
  • Num 3:19 : 19 The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
  • Num 3:27 : 27 To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites. These are the clans of the Kohathites.
  • Num 4:2 : 2 Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families and by their ancestral houses.

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  • Josh 21:3-9
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    3So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.

    4The lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The descendants of Aaron, the priest, who were from the Levites, received, by lot, thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

    5The remaining Kohathites received, by lot, ten cities from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

    6The descendants of Gershon received, by lot, thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

    7The descendants of Merari, by their families, received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

    8So the Israelites gave these cities with their pasture lands to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, by lot.

    9From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they gave the following cities by name.

  • Josh 21:19-20
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    19In total, the descendants of Aaron, the priests, received thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

    20The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites received cities allotted to them from the tribe of Ephraim.

  • 1 Chr 6:54-55
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    54Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands.

    55From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining families of the Kohathites.

  • Josh 21:11-13
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    11They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.

    12However, the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

    13To the descendants of Aaron, the priest, they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone), along with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands.

  • 2 Chr 31:19
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    19For the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the fields surrounding their towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone enlisted in the genealogical records among the Levites.

  • Josh 21:26
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    26In total, the remaining Kohathite clans received ten cities with their pasture lands.

  • 1 Chr 6:61
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    61From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

  • Num 18:21
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    21To the Levites, I have given every tithe in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

  • 1 Chr 6:64-66
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    64They also gave Kedemoth with its pasturelands and Mephaath with its pasturelands.

    65From the tribe of Gad, they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands.

    66They were also given Heshbon with its pasturelands and Jazer with its pasturelands.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
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    31They also cast lots, like their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and of the Levites, the families of the chief just as the youngest, all alike.

  • 1 Chr 24:7
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    7The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

  • Num 7:9
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    9But to the sons of Kohath, he did not give anything because their service involved carrying the holy objects on their shoulders.

  • Num 10:21
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    21Then the Kohathites, who carried the holy things, set out; the Tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

  • Num 3:27
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    27To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites. These are the clans of the Kohathites.

  • 1 Chr 24:5
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    5They divided them by casting lots, the same for both groups, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.

  • Josh 21:40
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    40In total, the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levite families, received twelve cities by lot.

  • Josh 18:11
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    11The lot of the tribe of Benjamin, according to their clans, came up. The territory allotted to their lot lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph.

  • Gen 46:11
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    11The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Josh 19:24
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    24The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Asher, according to their families.

  • Deut 10:9
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    9That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the LORD Himself is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • 1 Chr 6:1
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    1The sons of Levi are Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 26:57
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    57These are the families of the Levites by their clans: The clan of the Gershonites from Gershon, the clan of the Kohathites from Kohath, and the clan of the Merarites from Merari.

  • Num 3:9
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    9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 6:57
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    57From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands.

  • Josh 14:1-4
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    1These are the territories the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes allotted to the Israelites.

    2Their inheritance was assigned by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.

    3For Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan River, but to the Levites he did not give any inheritance among them.

    4The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites did not receive a portion of land but were instead given cities to live in, with pasturelands for their livestock and possessions.

  • Josh 19:10
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    10The third lot came up for the descendants of Zebulun by their families. The border of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid.

  • Num 4:46
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    46All those numbered by Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel were counted among the Levite clans by their families and by their ancestral houses.

  • Num 3:19
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    19The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  • Num 4:37
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    37These are the counts of the Kohathite families, all those who served in the work of the tent of meeting. They were numbered by Moses and Aaron according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

  • Num 4:2
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    2Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families and by their ancestral houses.

  • Josh 21:1
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    1The heads of the families of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.

  • Num 4:18-19
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    18Do not let the tribe of the Kohathite clans be cut off from the Levites.

    19Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things. Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

  • Josh 21:34
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    34To the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, and Kartah with its pasture lands,

  • Num 8:19
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    19I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites to do the work of the Israelites in the tent of meeting and to make atonement for them, so that no plague will come upon the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.