Joshua 21:19

Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

In Context

18Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.

20The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:57And to the sons of Aaron they gave Hebron, the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, and Libnah with its outskirts, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its outskirts,

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:10-43

9 And 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 here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to… Read the whole commentary →

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