Joshua 21:13

Thus they gave to the Bnei Aharon HaKohen Chevron with its migrash, to be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach (City of Refuge of the Slayer); and Livnah with its migrash,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

In Context

12But the sadeh haIr, and the villages thereof, they gave to Kalev ben Yephunneh for his achuzzah (possession, property, estate).

14And Yatir with its migrashim, and Eshtemo'a with its migrash,

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Cross References

Numbers 35:6And among the towns which ye shall give unto the Levi'im there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the rotze'ach, that he may flee to there; and to them ye shall add 42 ir.

Joshua 15:42Livnah, and Eter, and Ashan,

Joshua 20:7And they appointed Kedesh in the Galil in Har Naphtali and Shechem in Har Ephrayim, and Kiryat-Arba, which is Chevron, in Har Yehudah.

Isaiah 37:8So Rav Shakeh left [Yerushalayim], and found Melech Ashur warring against Livnah; for he had heard that he + 37:8 Melech Ashur was departed from Lakhish.

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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