Joshua 21:41

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In total, the cities of the Levites within the possession of the Israelites numbered forty-eight cities along with their pasture lands.

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    All the cities{H5892} of the Levites{H3881} in the midst{H272} of the possession{H272} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were forty{H705} and eight{H8083} cities{H5892} with their suburbs.{H4054}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    All the cities{H5892} of the Levites{H3881} within{H8432} the possession{H272} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were forty{H705} and eight{H8083} cities{H5892} with their suburbs{H4054}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus all the cities of the Leuites amonge ye possession of the children of Israel, were eight and fortye with their suburbes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And all the cities of the Leuites within the possession of the children of Israel, were eight and fourtie with their suburbes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And all the cities that the Leuites had, among the possession of the children of Israel, were 48 with their suburbes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel `are' forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:7 : 7 'Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.'
  • Num 35:1-8 : 1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan at Jericho, saying: 2 Command the Israelites to give the Levites cities to live in from their inheritance, and give them pasture lands around the cities. 3 The cities will be places for them to live, and the pasture lands will be for their livestock, their property, and all their animals. 4 The pasture lands of the cities that you give the Levites shall extend from the city wall outward a distance of a thousand cubits all around. 5 You shall measure from outside the city: two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west side, and two thousand on the north side, with the city in the middle. This shall be their pasture lands for the cities. 6 The cities that you give to the Levites shall include six cities of refuge for someone who kills another unintentionally to flee to; in addition, give them forty-two more cities. 7 The total number of cities you give to the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasture lands. 8 The cities you give from the inheritance of the Israelites shall be proportionate: from larger tribes give more, and from smaller tribes give less. Each tribe shall give cities to the Levites in accordance with the inheritance it receives.
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They will teach Your judgments to Jacob and Your law to Israel; they will offer incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 21:42
    89%

    42 Each of these cities had its surrounding pasture lands. This was true for all these cities.

  • Num 35:6-8
    3 verses
    88%

    6 The cities that you give to the Levites shall include six cities of refuge for someone who kills another unintentionally to flee to; in addition, give them forty-two more cities.

    7 The total number of cities you give to the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasture lands.

    8 The cities you give from the inheritance of the Israelites shall be proportionate: from larger tribes give more, and from smaller tribes give less. Each tribe shall give cities to the Levites in accordance with the inheritance it receives.

  • Josh 21:39-40
    2 verses
    84%

    39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands—four cities in total.

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

  • Josh 21:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18 Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands—four cities in total.

    19 In total, the descendants of Aaron, the priests, received thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

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

  • Josh 21:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24 Aijalon with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—four cities.

    25 From half the tribe of Manasseh: Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—two cities.

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

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

    64 They also gave Kedemoth with its pasturelands and Mephaath with its pasturelands.

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

  • Josh 21:2-9
    8 verses
    76%

    2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, 'The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with pasture lands for our livestock.'

    3 So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.

    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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Josh 21:31-37
    7 verses
    74%

    31 Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands—four cities.

    32 From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three cities.

    33 In total, the families of the Gershonites received thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

    34 To 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,

    35 Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands—four cities in total.

    36 From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasture lands, and Jahzah with its pasture lands,

    37 Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands—four cities in total.

  • Josh 21:22
    74%

    22 Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands—four cities.

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 Command the Israelites to give the Levites cities to live in from their inheritance, and give them pasture lands around the cities.

    3 The cities will be places for them to live, and the pasture lands will be for their livestock, their property, and all their animals.

  • Josh 21:16
    70%

    16 Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands—nine cities from these two tribes.

  • Josh 15:32
    70%

    32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—all in total, twenty-nine cities with their villages.

  • Josh 21:29
    70%

    29 Jarmuth with its pasture lands, and En-gannim with its pasture lands—four cities.

  • Ezek 47:21
    70%

    21 You are to divide this land among the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 15:41
    70%

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

  • Josh 14:4
    70%

    4 The 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 19:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

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

    39 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali, according to their families—the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 19:23
    69%

    23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar, according to their families—the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 19:48
    69%

    48 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families—the cities and their villages.

  • Neh 11:18
    69%

    18 The total number of Levites in the holy city was 284.

  • Ezek 48:31
    68%

    31 three gates will be there, named after the tribes of Israel: the Gate of Reuben, the Gate of Judah, and the Gate of Levi, one gate for each.

  • Josh 19:31
    68%

    31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher, according to their families—the cities and their villages.

  • Neh 11:20
    68%

    20 The rest of the Israelites, the priests, and the Levites lived in all the cities of Judah, each on their own inheritance.

  • Josh 19:16
    68%

    16 This was the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun by their families—these cities with their villages.

  • Num 4:46
    68%

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

  • Josh 19:6
    67%

    6 Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities with their villages.

  • Ezek 48:22
    67%

    22 The property of the Levites and the city’s property, located in the midst of the prince’s land, shall be between the boundary of Judah and the boundary of Benjamin. This area shall belong to the prince.