Joshua 21:41

World English Bible (2000)

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of 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 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at 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 you shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites. 3 The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals. 4 "The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it. 5 You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 "The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities. 7 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs. 8 Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites."
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.

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  • Josh 21:42
    89%

    42 Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.

  • Num 35:6-8
    3 verses
    88%

    6 "The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.

    7 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.

    8 Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites."

  • Josh 21:39-40
    2 verses
    84%

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

    40 All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.

  • Josh 21:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    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 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

  • Josh 21:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

    25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

    26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

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

    64 The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.

    65 They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

  • Josh 21:2-9
    8 verses
    76%

    2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."

    3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.

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

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

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

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

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

    9 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%

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

    32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, 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.

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

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

    36 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,

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

  • Josh 21:22
    74%

    22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

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

    3 The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals.

  • Josh 21:16
    70%

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

  • Josh 15:32
    70%

    32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.

  • Josh 21:29
    70%

    29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Ezek 47:21
    70%

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

  • Josh 15:41
    70%

    41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

  • Josh 14:4
    70%

    4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their livestock and for their property.

  • Josh 19:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

    38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

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

  • Josh 19:23
    69%

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

  • Josh 19:48
    69%

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

  • Neh 11:18
    69%

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

  • Ezek 48:31
    68%

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

  • Josh 19:31
    68%

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

  • Neh 11:20
    68%

    20 The residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.

  • Josh 19:16
    68%

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

  • Num 4:46
    68%

    46 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,

  • Josh 19:6
    67%

    6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages;

  • Ezek 48:22
    67%

    22 Moreover 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, it shall be for the prince.