Joshua 21:7

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • Josh 21:34-40 : 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. 38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 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.
  • 1 Chr 6:63 : 63 To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
  • 1 Chr 6:77-81 : 77 To the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari, [were given], out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs; 78 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, [were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs, 79 and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; 80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 81 and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
  • Exod 6:19 : 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
  • Num 3:20 : 20 The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

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  • 1 Chr 6:60-65
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    60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

    61 To the rest of the sons of Kohath [were given] by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

    62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

    63 To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

    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 21:39-42
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    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.

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

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

  • Josh 21:3-6
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    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.

  • Josh 21:30-37
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    30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,

    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 21:8-10
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    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:

    10 and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

  • 1 Chr 6:77-78
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    77 To the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari, [were given], out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs;

    78 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, [were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,

  • Josh 21:25-26
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    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.

  • Josh 19:16
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    16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Josh 21:19-20
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    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.

  • Num 34:14
    73%

    14 for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:

  • Josh 20:8
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    8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 19:31
    71%

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

  • Num 4:42
    71%

    42 Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

  • Josh 13:28
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    28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and its villages.

  • Josh 13:15
    71%

    15 Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

  • Josh 19:23
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    23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

  • Josh 19:7
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    7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;

  • Num 35:7
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    7 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.

  • Num 26:57
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    57 These are those who were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • Josh 13:23
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    23 The border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and its villages.

  • Josh 21:16-17
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    16 Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

    17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

  • Josh 18:21
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    21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

  • Num 26:7
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    7 These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.

  • Josh 14:4
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    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 22:21
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    21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

  • Josh 21:22
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    22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.