Joshua 21:40
The Merarite clans(the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.
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- Josh 21:41-422 verses84%
41The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.
42Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.
- Josh 21:3-108 verses83%
3So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed.
4The 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.
5The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the LORD had instructed Moses.
9They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.
10They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.
- Josh 21:33-375 verses78%
33The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.
34They assigned to the Merarite clans(the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,
35Dimnah, and Nahalal, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;
36from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,
37Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;
- Josh 21:25-262 verses76%
25From the half-tribe of Manasseh they assigned Taanach and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of two cities.
26The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.
- 1 Chr 6:63-653 verses76%
63The clans of Merari’s descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
65They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
- Num 35:6-83 verses74%
6Now 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.
7“So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.
8The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.
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39Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.
- Josh 21:18-203 verses74%
18Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.
19The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.
20The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.
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42Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,
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61The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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20The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.
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45These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the authority of Moses.
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31Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;
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77The following belonged to the rest of Merari’s descendants: Within the territory of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and its pasturelands, and Tabor and its pasturelands.
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57And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.
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33The Numbering of Merari From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.
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29The Service of the Merarites“As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans.
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22Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.
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19The sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi.These are the clans of the Levites by their families.
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19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.
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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.
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41Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah– a total of sixteen cities and their towns.
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31This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans, including these cities and their towns.
- Josh 19:38-403 verses67%
38Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all they had nineteen cities and their towns.
39This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans, including the cities and their towns.
40Dan’s Tribal Lands The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans.
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16This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans, including these cities and their towns.
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11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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29Jarmuth, and En Gannim, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;
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32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon– a total of twenty-nine cities and their towns.
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4The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.