Joshua 21:7

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

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  • Josh 21:34-40 : 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. 38 From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands, 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.
  • 1 Chr 6:63 : 63 From beyond the Jordan at Jericho, east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer in the desert with its pasturelands and Jahzah with its pasturelands.
  • Exod 6:19 : 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites by their generations.
  • Num 3:20 : 20 The sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, according to their fathers' houses.

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  • 1 Chr 6:60-65
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    60Hukok with its pasturelands and Rehob with its pasturelands.

    61From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

    62To the remaining sons of Merari, from the tribe of Zebulun, they gave Rimmono with its pasturelands and Tabor with its pasturelands.

    63From beyond the Jordan at Jericho, east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer in the desert with its pasturelands and Jahzah with its pasturelands.

    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.

  • Josh 21:39-42
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    39Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands—four cities in total.

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

    41In total, the cities of the Levites within the possession of the Israelites numbered forty-eight cities along with their pasture lands.

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

  • Josh 21:3-6
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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.

  • Josh 21:30-37
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    30From the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

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

    32From 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.

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

    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,

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

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

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

  • Josh 21:8-10
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    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.

    10These cities were for the descendants of Aaron, who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, for the first lot was for them.

  • Josh 21:25-26
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    25From half the tribe of Manasseh: Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—two cities.

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

  • Josh 19:16
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    16This was the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun by their families—these cities with their villages.

  • 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.

  • Num 34:14
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    14For the tribe of the Reubenites by their ancestral clans, the tribe of the Gadites by their ancestral clans, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance.

  • Josh 20:8
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    8Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 19:31
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    31This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher, according to their families—the cities and their villages.

  • Num 4:42
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    42The Merarite men were counted by their families and by their ancestral houses.

  • Josh 13:28
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    28This was the inheritance of the tribe of Gad, according to their clans—the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 13:15
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    15Moses gave to the tribe of the Reubenites, according to their clans:

  • Josh 19:23
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    23This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar, according to their families—the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 19:7
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    7Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities with their villages,

  • Num 35:7
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    7The total number of cities you give to the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasture lands.

  • 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.

  • Josh 13:23
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    23The territory of the Reubenites was the Jordan and its surrounding land. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Reuben, according to their clans—the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 21:16-17
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    16Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands—nine cities from these two tribes.

    17From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

  • Josh 18:21
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    21The cities of the tribe of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz.

  • Num 26:7
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    7These were the families of the Reubenites, and the total number of those counted was 43,730.

  • Josh 14:4
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    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 22:21
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    21Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

  • Josh 21:22
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    22Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands—four cities.