Joshua 21:9

From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

8So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

10to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:

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Cross References

Joshua 21:13So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,

1 Chronicles 6:65They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:2-9

The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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