Joshua 21:41

כֹּל עָרֵי הַלְוִיִּם בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֻזַּת בְּנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל עָרִים אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

40כָּל ־ הֶעָרִים לִבְנֵי מְרָרִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם הַנּוֹתָרִים מִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹת הַלְוִיִּם וַיְהִי גּוֹרָלָם עָרִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵֽה ׃

42תִּֽהְיֶינָה הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה עִיר עִיר וּמִגְרָשֶׁיהָ סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ כֵּן לְכָל ־ הֶעָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה ׃ ס

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Cross References

Genesis 49:7אָרוּר אַפָּם כִּי עָז וְעֶבְרָתָם כִּי קָשָׁתָה אֲחַלְּקֵם בְּיַעֲקֹב וַאֲפִיצֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ ס

Numbers 35:7כָּל ־ הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ לַלְוִיִּם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה עִיר אֶתְהֶן וְאֶת ־ מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן ׃

Joshua 21:3וַיִּתְּנוּ בְנֵי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַלְוִיִּם מִנַּחֲלָתָם אֶל ־ פִּי יְהוָה אֶת ־ הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְאֶת ־ מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן ׃

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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