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Forty-eight
Cities of the Levites |
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| Joshua 21:1 |
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Then the heads of households of the Levites
approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of households
of the tribes of the sons of Israel. |
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| Joshua 21:2 |
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They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of
Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in,
with their pasture lands for our cattle." |
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| Joshua 21:3 |
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So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from
their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the command
of the LORD. |
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| Joshua 21:4 |
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Then the lot came out for the families of the
Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received
thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites
and from the tribe of Benjamin. |
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| Joshua 21:5 |
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The rest of the sons of Kohath received ten
cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of
Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh. |
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| Joshua 21:6 |
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The sons of Gershon received thirteen cities
by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher
and from the tribe of Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. |
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| Joshua 21:7 |
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The sons of Merari according to their families
received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and
from the tribe of Zebulun. |
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| Joshua 21:8 |
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Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites
these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. |
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| Joshua 21:9 |
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They gave these cities which are here mentioned
by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of
Simeon; |
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| Joshua 21:10 |
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and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of
the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, for the lot was theirs first. |
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| Joshua 21:11 |
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Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being
the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding
pasture lands. |
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| Joshua 21:12 |
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But the fields of the city and its villages
they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession. |
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| Joshua 21:13 |
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So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave
Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Libnah
with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:14 |
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and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa
with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:15 |
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and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with
its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:16 |
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and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with
its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these
two tribes. |
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| Joshua 21:17 |
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From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its
pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:18 |
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Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with
its pasture lands; four cities. |
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| Joshua 21:19 |
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All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests,
were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. |
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| Joshua 21:20 |
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Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were
allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest
of the sons of Kohath. |
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| Joshua 21:21 |
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They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for
the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer
with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:22 |
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and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon
with its pasture lands; four cities. |
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| Joshua 21:23 |
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From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture
lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:24 |
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Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon
with its pasture lands; four cities. |
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| Joshua 21:25 |
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From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted
Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities. |
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| Joshua 21:26 |
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All the cities with their pasture lands for
the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten. |
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| Joshua 21:27 |
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To the sons of Gershon, one of the families
of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the
city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with
its pasture lands; two cities. |
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| Joshua 21:28 |
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From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion
with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:29 |
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Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gannim with
its pasture lands; four cities. |
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| Joshua 21:30 |
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From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with
its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:31 |
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Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with
its pasture lands; four cities. |
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| Joshua 21:32 |
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From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh
in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor
with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. |
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| Joshua 21:33 |
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All the cities of the Gershonites according
to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. |
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| Joshua 21:34 |
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To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest
of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture
lands and Kartah with its pasture lands. |
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| Joshua 21:35 |
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Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with
its pasture lands; four cities. |
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| Joshua 21:36 |
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From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with
its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:37 |
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Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath
with its pasture lands; four cities. |
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| Joshua 21:38 |
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From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in
Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim
with its pasture lands, |
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| Joshua 21:39 |
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Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its
pasture lands; four cities in all. |
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| Joshua 21:40 |
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All these were the cities of the sons of Merari
according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their
lot was twelve cities. |
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| Joshua 21:41 |
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All the cities of the Levites in the midst
of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture
lands. |
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| Joshua 21:42 |
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These cities each had its surrounding pasture
lands; thus it was with all these cities. |
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| Joshua 21:43 |
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So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He
had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it. |
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| Joshua 21:44 |
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And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according
to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood
before them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand. |
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| Joshua 21:45 |
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Not one of the good promises which the LORD
had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass. |
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