Joshua 21:41

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
  • Num 35:1-8 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying, 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. 3 And the cities they shall have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities that you shall give to the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And measure from outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 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. 7 So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities: these shall you give with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many you shall give many; but from them that have few you shall give few: everyone shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits.
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar.

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  • Josh 21:42
    89%

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

  • Num 35:6-8
    3 verses
    88%

    6And 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.

    7So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities: these shall you give with their suburbs.

    8And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many you shall give many; but from them that have few you shall give few: everyone shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits.

  • Josh 21:39-40
    2 verses
    84%

    39Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

    40So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

  • Josh 21:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

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

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

    20And 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.

  • Josh 21:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24Aijalon with its suburbs, Gathrimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

    25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its suburbs, and Gathrimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

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

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

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

    65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

  • Josh 21:2-9
    8 verses
    76%

    2And 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 their suburbs for our livestock.

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

    4And 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.

    5And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

    6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

    7The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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

    9And 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,

  • Josh 21:31-37
    7 verses
    74%

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

    32And 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.

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

    34And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,

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

    36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahazah with its suburbs,

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

  • Josh 21:22
    74%

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

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Command 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.

    3And the cities they shall have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

  • Josh 21:16
    70%

    16And Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Bethshemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

  • Josh 15:32
    70%

    32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, Rimmon: twenty-nine cities with their villages:

  • Josh 21:29
    70%

    29Jarmuth with its suburbs, Engannim with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Ezek 47:21
    70%

    21So shall you divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 15:41
    70%

    41Gederoth, Bethdagon, Naamah, Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

  • Josh 14:4
    70%

    4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and for their possessions.

  • Josh 19:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

    38And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

    39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 19:23
    69%

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

  • Josh 19:48
    69%

    48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Neh 11:18
    69%

    18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

  • Ezek 48:31
    68%

    31And the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

  • Josh 19:31
    68%

    31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Neh 11:20
    68%

    20And the rest of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

  • Josh 19:16
    68%

    16This is the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Num 4:46
    68%

    46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel numbered, by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

  • Josh 19:6
    67%

    6And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

  • Ezek 48:22
    67%

    22Moreover, from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.