Joshua 21:41
The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.
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- Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!
- Num 35:1-8 : 1 The Levitical Cities Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab along the Jordan near Jericho. He said: 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. 3 Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals. 4 The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall. 5 “You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,000 yards, and on the south side 1,000 yards, and on the west side 1,000 yards, and on the north side 1,000 yards, with the town in the middle. This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns. 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. 7 “So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands. 8 The 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.
- Deut 33:10 : 10 They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.
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42Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.
- Num 35:6-83 verses88%
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.
- Josh 21:39-402 verses84%
39Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.
40The Merarite clans(the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.
- Josh 21:18-203 verses77%
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.
- Josh 21:24-263 verses77%
24Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.
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 6:64-652 verses76%
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.
- Josh 21:2-98 verses76%
2in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”
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.
- Josh 21:31-377 verses74%
31Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;
32from 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.
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;
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22Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.
- Num 35:2-32 verses73%
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.
3Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.
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16Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of nine cities taken from these two tribes.
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32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon– a total of twenty-nine cities and their towns.
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29Jarmuth, and En Gannim, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;
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21“This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel.
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41Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah– a total of sixteen 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.
- Josh 19:38-392 verses70%
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.
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23This was the land assigned to the tribe of Issachar by its clans, including the cities and their towns.
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48This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan by its clans, including these cities and their towns.
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18The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284.
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31the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.
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31This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans, including these cities and their towns.
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20And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.
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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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46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,
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6Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen– a total of thirteen cities and their towns,
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22The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.