Joshua 21:13

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 15:42 : 42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
  • Josh 15:54 : 54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron), and Zior– a total of nine cities and their towns.
  • Josh 20:7 : 7 So they selected Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
  • Josh 10:29 : 29 Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it.
  • Num 35:6 : 6 Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.
  • 1 Chr 6:56-57 : 56 (But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.) 57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,
  • Isa 37:8 : 8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 88%

    55 They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands.

    56 (But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

    57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

    58 Hilez and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

  • Josh 21:8-12
    5 verses
    79%

    8 So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the LORD had instructed Moses.

    9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

    10 They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.

    11 They assigned them Kiriath Arba(Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.

    12 (Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)

  • 78%

    18 Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.

    19 The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

    20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

    21 They assigned them Shechem(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

    22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.

  • Num 35:11-15
    5 verses
    74%

    11 you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

    12 And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

    13 These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.

    14 “You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge.

    15 These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the resident foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

  • Josh 21:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed.

    4 The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

  • 74%

    31 Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;

    32 from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of three cities.

    33 The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

  • 73%

    26 The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.

    27 They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of two cities;

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    14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,

    15 Holon, Debir,

  • 7 So they selected Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

  • 13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba(that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the LORD’s instructions to Joshua.(Arba was the father of Anak.)

  • 6 Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.

  • Josh 20:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2 “Have the Israelites select the cities of refuge that I told you about through Moses.

    3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

    4 The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.

  • 67 They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands(in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,

  • 42 Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.

  • 13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

  • 70%

    37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;

    38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

  • 2 “Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.

  • 64 So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

  • Deut 4:42-43
    2 verses
    69%

    42 Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe.

    43 These cities are Bezer, in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites.

  • 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • 9 These were the cities of refuge appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly.

  • 42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

  • 19 As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, men were assigned to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.

  • 20 Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

  • 35 Dimnah, and Nahalal, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;

  • 54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron), and Zior– a total of nine cities and their towns.