Joshua 21:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    To 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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And unto the children{H1121} of Aaron{H175} the priest{H3548} they gave{H5414} Hebron{H2275} with its suburbs,{H4054} the city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the manslayer,{H7523} and Libnah{H3841} with its suburbs,{H4054}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thus they gave{H5414}{(H8804)} to the children{H1121} of Aaron{H175} the priest{H3548} Hebron{H2275} with her suburbs{H4054}, to be a city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)}; and Libnah{H3841} with her suburbs{H4054},

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron the prest, the fre cite of the deed sleyers, Hebron and the suburbes therof, Libna and the suburbes therof,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thus they gaue to the children of Aaron the Priest, a citie of refuge for the slaier, euen Hebron with her suburbes, and Libnah with her suburbes,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thus they gaue to the childre of Aaron the priest, a citie to the which the slayer myght flee, euen Hebron with her suburbes, and Libna with her suburbes,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge `for' the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

  • 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;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 15:42 : 42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
  • Josh 15:54 : 54 Humtah, Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, Zior; nine cities with their villages:
  • Josh 20:7 : 7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
  • Josh 10:29 : 29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
  • Num 35:6 : 6 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty-two cities.
  • 1 Chr 6:56-57 : 56 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron the city of refuge, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their pasturelands,
  • Isa 37:8 : 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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

    55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its surrounding pasturelands.

    56 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

    57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron the city of refuge, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their pasturelands,

    58 And Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

  • Josh 21:8-12
    5 verses
    79%

    8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

    9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name,

    10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

    11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs around it.

    12 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

  • Josh 21:18-22
    5 verses
    78%

    18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

    19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

    20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    21 For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs,

    22 And Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Bethhoron with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Num 35:11-15
    5 verses
    74%

    11 Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.

    12 And they shall be for you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

    13 And of these cities which you shall give, you shall have six cities for refuge.

    14 You shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

    15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the traveler among them: that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

  • Josh 21:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

    4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

  • Josh 21:31-33
    3 verses
    74%

    31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

    32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

    33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

  • Josh 21:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

    27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

  • Josh 21:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 And Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

    15 And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

  • Josh 20:7
    73%

    7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • Josh 15:13
    72%

    13 Caleb the son of Jephunneh received a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely the city of Arba the father of Anak, which is Hebron.

  • Num 35:6
    71%

    6 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty-two cities.

  • Josh 20:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Set apart cities of refuge for yourselves, of which I spoke to you through Moses:

    3 That the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unknowingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4 And when he who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and shall declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

  • 1 Chr 6:67
    70%

    67 And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasturelands; they also gave Gezer with its pasturelands,

  • Josh 21:42
    70%

    42 These cities were each with their suburbs around them: thus were all these cities.

  • Josh 14:13
    70%

    13 And Joshua blessed him and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron as an inheritance.

  • Josh 21:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

    38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

  • Num 35:2
    69%

    2 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and give to the Levites suburbs for the cities around them as well.

  • 1 Chr 6:64
    69%

    64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands.

  • Deut 4:42-43
    2 verses
    69%

    42 That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

    43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, on the plain land of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    69%

    10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Josh 20:9
    68%

    9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger residing among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.

  • Josh 15:42
    68%

    42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

  • 2 Chr 31:19
    68%

    19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every separate city, the men who were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

  • Judg 1:20
    68%

    20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.

  • Josh 21:35
    68%

    35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Josh 15:54
    67%

    54 Humtah, Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, Zior; nine cities with their villages: