NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Arts Hymns
  Discovery Box

Joshua 21:1-45

Then came near
<05066> (8799)
the heads
<07218>
of the fathers
<01>
of the Levites
<03881>
unto Eleazar
<0499>
the priest
<03548>_,
and unto Joshua
<03091>
the son
<01121>
of Nun
<05126>_,
and unto the heads
<07218>
of the fathers
<01>
of the tribes
<04294>
of the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>_;
And they spake
<01696> (8762)
unto them at Shiloh
<07887>
in the land
<0776>
of Canaan
<03667>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
The LORD
<03068>
commanded
<06680> (8765)
by the hand
<03027>
of Moses
<04872>
to give
<05414> (8800)
us cities
<05892>
to dwell in
<03427> (8800)_,
with the suburbs
<04054>
thereof for our cattle
<0929>_.
And the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>
gave
<05414> (8799)
unto the Levites
<03881>
out of their inheritance
<05159>_,
at the commandment
<06310>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
these cities
<05892>
and their suburbs
<04054>_.
And the lot
<01486>
came out
<03318> (8799)
for the families
<04940>
of the Kohathites
<06956>_:
and the children
<01121>
of Aaron
<0175>
the priest
<03548>_,
[which were] of the Levites
<03881>_,
had by lot
<01486>
out of the tribe
<04294>
of Judah
<03063>_,
and out of the tribe
<04294>
of Simeon
<08099>_,
and out of the tribe
<04294>
of Benjamin
<01144>_,
thirteen
<07969> <06240>
cities
<05892>_.
And the rest
<03498> (8737)
of the children
<01121>
of Kohath
<06955>
[had] by lot
<01486>
out of the families
<04940>
of the tribe
<04294>
of Ephraim
<0669>_,
and out of the tribe
<04294>
of Dan
<01835>_,
and out of the half
<02677>
tribe
<04294>
of Manasseh
<04519>_,
ten
<06235>
cities
<05892>_.
And the children
<01121>
of Gershon
<01648>
[had] by lot
<01486>
out of the families
<04940>
of the tribe
<04294>
of Issachar
<03485>_,
and out of the tribe
<04294>
of Asher
<0836>_,
and out of the tribe
<04294>
of Naphtali
<05321>_,
and out of the half
<02677>
tribe
<04294>
of Manasseh
<04519>
in Bashan
<01316>_,
thirteen
<07969> <06240>
cities
<05892>_.
The children
<01121>
of Merari
<04847>
by their families
<04940>
[had] out of the tribe
<04294>
of Reuben
<07205>_,
and out of the tribe
<04294>
of Gad
<01410>_,
and out of the tribe
<04294>
of Zebulun
<02074>_,
twelve
<08147> <06240>
cities
<05892>_.
And the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>
gave
<05414> (8799)
by lot
<01486>
unto the Levites
<03881>
these cities
<05892>
with their suburbs
<04054>_,
as the LORD
<03068>
commanded
<06680> (8765)
by the hand
<03027>
of Moses
<04872>_.
And they gave
<05414> (8799)
out of the tribe
<04294>
of the children
<01121>
of Judah
<03063>_,
and out of the tribe
<04294>
of the children
<01121>
of Simeon
<08095>_,
these cities
<05892>
which are [here] mentioned
<07121> (8799)
by name
<08034>_,
{mentioned: Heb. called}
Which the children
<01121>
of Aaron
<0175>_,
[being] of the families
<04940>
of the Kohathites
<06956>_,
[who were] of the children
<01121>
of Levi
<03878>_,
had: for theirs was the first
<07223> (8675) <07223>
lot
<01486>_.
And they gave
<05414> (8799)
them the city
<07151>
of Arba
<0704> (8677) <07153>
the father
<01>
of Anak
<06061>_,
which [city is] Hebron
<02275>_,
in the hill
<02022>
[country] of Judah
<03063>_,
with the suburbs
<04054>
thereof round about
<05439>
it. {the city...: or, Kirjatharba}
But the fields
<07704>
of the city
<05892>_,
and the villages
<02691>
thereof, gave
<05414> (8804)
they to Caleb
<03612>
the son
<01121>
of Jephunneh
<03312>
for his possession
<0272>_.
Thus they gave
<05414> (8804)
to the children
<01121>
of Aaron
<0175>
the priest
<03548>
Hebron
<02275>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
[to be] a city
<05892>
of refuge
<04733>
for the slayer
<07523> (8802)_;
and Libnah
<03841>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
And Jattir
<03492>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Eshtemoa
<0851>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
And Holon
<02473>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Debir
<01688>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
{Holon: also called, Hilen}
And Ain
<05871>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Juttah
<03194>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
[and] Bethshemesh
<01053>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
nine
<08672>
cities
<05892>
out of those two
<08147>
tribes
<07626>_.
{Ain: also called, Ashan}
And out of the tribe
<04294>
of Benjamin
<01144>_,
Gibeon
<01391>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Geba
<01387>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
{Geba: also called, Gaba}
Anathoth
<06068>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Almon
<05960>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
four
<0702>
cities
<05892>_.
{Almon: also called, Alemeth}
All the cities
<05892>
of the children
<01121>
of Aaron
<0175>_,
the priests
<03548>_,
[were] thirteen
<07969> <06240>
cities
<05892>
with their suburbs
<04054>_.
And the families
<04940>
of the children
<01121>
of Kohath
<06955>_,
the Levites
<03881>
which remained
<03498> (8737)
of the children
<01121>
of Kohath
<06955>_,
even they had the cities
<05892>
of their lot
<01486>
out of the tribe
<04294>
of Ephraim
<0669>_.
For they gave
<05414> (8799)
them Shechem
<07927>
with her suburbs
<04054>
in mount
<02022>
Ephraim
<0669>_,
[to be] a city
<05892>
of refuge
<04733>
for the slayer
<07523> (8802)_;
and Gezer
<01507>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
And Kibzaim
<06911>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Bethhoron
<01032>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
four
<0702>
cities
<05892>_.
And out of the tribe
<04294>
of Dan
<01835>_,
Eltekeh
<0514>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Gibbethon
<01405>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Aijalon
<0357>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Gathrimmon
<01667>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
four
<0702>
cities
<05892>_.
And out of the half
<04276>
tribe
<04294>
of Manasseh
<04519>_,
Tanach
<08590>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Gathrimmon
<01667>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
two
<08147>
cities
<05892>_.
All the cities
<05892>
[were] ten
<06235>
with their suburbs
<04054>
for the families
<04940>
of the children
<01121>
of Kohath
<06955>
that remained
<03498> (8737)_.
And unto the children
<01121>
of Gershon
<01648>_,
of the families
<04940>
of the Levites
<03881>_,
out of the [other] half
<02677>
tribe
<04294>
of Manasseh
<04519>
[they gave] Golan
<01474>
in Bashan
<01316>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
[to be] a city
<05892>
of refuge
<04733>
for the slayer
<07523> (8802)_;
and Beeshterah
<01203>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
two
<08147>
cities
<05892>_.
And out of the tribe
<04294>
of Issachar
<03485>_,
Kishon
<07191>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Dabareh
<01705>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Jarmuth
<03412>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Engannim
<05873>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
four
<0702>
cities
<05892>_.
And out of the tribe
<04294>
of Asher
<0836>_,
Mishal
<04861>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Abdon
<05658>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Helkath
<02520>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Rehob
<07340>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
four
<0702>
cities
<05892>_.
And out of the tribe
<04294>
of Naphtali
<05321>_,
Kedesh
<06943>
in Galilee
<01551>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
[to be] a city
<05892>
of refuge
<04733>
for the slayer
<07523> (8802)_;
and Hammothdor
<02576>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Kartan
<07178>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
three
<07969>
cities
<05892>_.
All the cities
<05892>
of the Gershonites
<01649>
according to their families
<04940>
[were] thirteen
<07969> <06240>
cities
<05892>
with their suburbs
<04054>_.
And unto the families
<04940>
of the children
<01121>
of Merari
<04847>_,
the rest
<03498> (8737)
of the Levites
<03881>_,
out of the tribe
<04294>
of Zebulun
<02074>_,
Jokneam
<03362>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
and Kartah
<07177>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Dimnah
<01829>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Nahalal
<05096>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
four
<0702>
cities
<05892>_.
And out of the tribe of Reuben
<07205>_,
Bezer
<01221>
with her suburbs, and Jahazah
<03096>
with her suburbs,
Kedemoth
<06932>
with her suburbs, and Mephaath
<04158>
with her suburbs; four
<0702>
cities
<05892>_.
And out of the tribe
<04294>
of Gad
<01410>_,
Ramoth
<07433>
in Gilead
<01568>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
[to be] a city
<05892>
of refuge
<04733>
for the slayer
<07523> (8802)_;
and Mahanaim
<04266>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Heshbon
<02809>
with her suburbs
<04054>_,
Jazer
<03270>
with her suburbs
<04054>_;
four
<0702>
cities
<05892>
in all.
So all the cities
<05892>
for the children
<01121>
of Merari
<04847>
by their families
<04940>_,
which were remaining
<03498> (8737)
of the families
<04940>
of the Levites
<03881>_,
were [by] their lot
<01486>
twelve
<08147> <06240>
cities
<05892>_.
All the cities
<05892>
of the Levites
<03881>
within
<08432>
the possession
<0272>
of the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>
[were] forty
<0705>
and eight
<08083>
cities
<05892>
with their suburbs
<04054>_.
These cities
<05892>
were every one
<05892> <05892>
with their suburbs
<04054>
round about
<05439>
them: thus [were] all these cities
<05892>_.
And the LORD
<03068>
gave
<05414> (8799)
unto Israel
<03478>
all the land
<0776>
which he sware
<07650> (8738)
to give
<05414> (8800)
unto their fathers
<01>_;
and they possessed
<03423> (8799)
it, and dwelt
<03427> (8799)
therein.
And the LORD
<03068>
gave them rest
<05117> (8799)
round about
<05439>_,
according to all that he sware
<07650> (8738)
unto their fathers
<01>_:
and there stood
<05975> (8804)
not a man
<0376>
of all their enemies
<0341> (8802)
before
<06440>
them; the LORD
<03068>
delivered
<05414> (8804)
all their enemies
<0341> (8802)
into their hand
<03027>_.
There failed
<05307> (8804)
not ought
<01697>
of any good
<02896>
thing
<01697>
which the LORD
<03068>
had spoken
<01696> (8765)
unto the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>_;
all came to pass
<0935> (8802)_.


TIP #15: To dig deeper, please read related articles at bible.org (via Articles Tab). [ALL]
created in 0.64 seconds
powered by bible.org