Joshua 21:41

And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

In Context

40With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.

42And he gave them peace from all nations round about: and none of their enemies durst stand against them, but were brought under their dominion.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:7Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.

Numbers 35:7That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.

Joshua 21:3And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.

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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