Verse 1
Joshua 21:1
Noah Webster Bible
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Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יִּגְּשׁ֗וּ רָאשֵׁי֙ אֲב֣וֹת הַ/לְוִיִּ֔ם אֶל אֶלְעָזָר֙ הַ/כֹּהֵ֔ן וְ/אֶל יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן נ֑וּן וְ/אֶל רָאשֵׁ֛י אֲב֥וֹת הַ/מַּטּ֖וֹת לִ/בְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And the heads of the fathers of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.
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Chapter 21 Context
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Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son...
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And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, the LORD commanded by the hand of Mo...
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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the L...
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And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who w...
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And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and o...
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And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the...
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The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad...
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And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD c...
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And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Sim...
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Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Le...
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And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak (which city is Hebron) in the hill -country o...
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But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his posses...
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Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge...
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And Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
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And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
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And Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine citie...
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And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
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Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
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All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even...
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For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer;...
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And Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
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Ajalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; t...
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All the cities were ten with their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained...
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And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half-tribe of Manas...
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And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its suburbs, Dabareh with its suburbs,
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Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
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Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the...
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All the cities of the Gershonites, according to their families, were thirteen cities with their subu...
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And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun,...
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Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahazah with its suburbs,
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Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer...
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Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
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So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families...
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All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight c...
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These cities were every one with their suburbs around them. Thus were all these cities.
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43
And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers: and they possessed...
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And the LORD gave them rest on all sides, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there...
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There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came...
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