Verse 27
Joshua 21:27
Bible in Basic English
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And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לִ/בְנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁוֹן֮ מִ/מִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַ/לְוִיִּם֒ מֵ/חֲצִ֞י מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה אֶת עִיר֙ מִקְלַ֣ט הָ/רֹצֵ֔חַ אֶת גלון גּוֹלָ֤ן בַּ/בָּשָׁן֙ וְ/אֶת מִגְרָשֶׁ֔/הָ וְ/אֶֽת בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָ֖ה וְ/אֶת מִגְרָשֶׁ֑/הָ עָרִ֖ים שְׁתָּֽיִם
English Translation
And to the sons of Gershon, from the families of the Levites, they gave from half the tribe of Manasseh the city of refuge for the murderer, Golan in Bashan, and its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth and its pasture lands, two cities.
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Chapter 21 Context
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Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun,...
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And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have...
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And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-la...
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And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who...
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The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim...
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The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and...
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The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad a...
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All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to th...
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From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed he...
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These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi:...
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They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-cou...
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But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunn...
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And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the ta...
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And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;
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And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;
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And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.
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And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
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Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.
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Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.
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The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of...
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And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the t...
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And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;
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Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.
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All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.
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And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Man...
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And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;
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Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:
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Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of...
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All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.
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And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the...
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Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;
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Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.
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And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mah...
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Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.
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All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the fam...
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All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns w...
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Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.
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So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their h...
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And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were agai...
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The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them,...
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