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21:1 The tribal <01> leaders <07218> of the Levites <03881> went <05066> before <0413> Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> and Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126> and the Israelite <03478> tribal <01121> <04294> <01> leaders <07218> 21:2 in Shiloh <07887> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667> and said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> told <06680> Moses <04872> to assign <05414> us cities <05892> in which to live <03427> along with the grazing areas <04054> for our cattle <0929>.” 21:3 So the Israelites <03478> <01121> assigned <05414> these <0428> cities <05892> and their grazing areas <04054> to the Levites <03881> from their own holdings <05159>, as the Lord <03068> had instructed <06310>. 21:4 The first lot <01486> belonged <03318> to the Kohathite <06956> clans <04940>. The Levites <03881> who were <01961> descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priest <03548> were allotted <01486> thirteen <06240> <07969> cities <05892> from <04480> the tribes <04294> of Judah <03063>, Simeon <08099>, and Benjamin <01144>. 21:5 The rest <03498> of Kohath’s <06955> descendants <01121> were allotted <01486> ten <06235> cities <05892> from the clans <04940> of the tribe <04294> of Ephraim <0669>, and from the tribe <04294> of Dan <01835> and the half-tribe <04294> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>. 21:6 Gershon’s <01648> descendants <01121> were allotted <01486> thirteen <06240> <07969> cities <05892> from the clans <04940> of the tribe <04294> of Issachar <03485>, and from the tribes <04294> of Asher <0836> and Naphtali <05321> and the half-tribe <04294> <02677> of Manasseh <04519> in Bashan <01316>. 21:7 Merari’s <04847> descendants <01121> by their clans <04940> were allotted twelve <06240> <08147> cities <05892> from the tribes <04294> of Reuben <07205>, Gad <01410>, and Zebulun <02074>. 21:8 So the Israelites <03478> <01121> assigned <05414> to the Levites <03881> by lot <01486> these <0428> cities <05892> and their grazing areas <04054>, as <0834> the Lord <03068> had instructed <06680> Moses <04872>. 21:9 They assigned <05414> from the tribes <04294> of Judah <03063> <01121> and Simeon <08095> <01121> the cities <05892> listed <08034> <07121> below. 21:10 They were assigned to the Kohathite <06956> clans <04940> of the Levites <03878> <01121> who were <01961> descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>, for <03588> the first <07223> lot <01486> belonged <01961> to them <01992>. 21:11 They <01992> assigned <05414> them Kiriath Arba <07153> (Arba was the father <01> of Anak <06061>), that <01931> is, Hebron <02275>, in the hill country <02022> of Judah <03063>, along with <0854> its surrounding <05439> grazing areas <04054>. 21:12 (Now the city’s <05892> fields <07704> and surrounding towns <02691> they had assigned <05414> to Caleb <03612> son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312> as his property <0272>.) 21:13 So to the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priest <03548> they assigned <05414> Hebron <02275> (a city <05892> of refuge <04733> for one who committed manslaughter <07523>), Libnah <03841>, 21:14 Jattir <03492>, Eshtemoa <0851>, 21:15 Holon <02473>, Debir <01688>, 21:16 Ain <05871>, Juttah <03194>, and Beth Shemesh <01053>, along with the grazing areas <04054> of each– a total of nine <08672> cities <05892> taken from these <0428> two <08147> tribes <07626>. 21:17 From the tribe <04294> of Benjamin <01144> they assigned <04054> Gibeon <01391>, Geba <01387>, 21:18 Anathoth <06068>, and Almon <05960>, along with the grazing areas <04054> of each– a total of four <0702> cities <05892>. 21:19 The priests <03548> descended <01121> from Aaron <0175> received thirteen <06240> <07969> cities <05892> and their grazing areas <04054>. 21:20 The rest <03498> of the Kohathite <06955> <01121> clans <04940> of the Levites <03881> were <01961> allotted <01486> cities <05892> from the tribe <04294> of Ephraim <0669>. 21:21 They assigned <05414> them Shechem <07927> (a city <05892> of refuge <04733> for one who committed manslaughter <07523>) in the hill country <02022> of Ephraim <0669>, Gezer <01507>, 21:22 Kibzaim <06911>, and Beth Horon <01032>, along with the grazing areas <04054> <04054> of each– a total of four <0702> cities <05892>. 21:23 From the tribe <04294> of Dan <01835> they assigned Eltekeh <0514>, Gibbethon <01405>, 21:24 Aijalon <0357>, and Gath Rimmon <01667>, along with the grazing areas <04054> of each <04054>– a total of four <0702> cities <05892>. 21:25 From the half-tribe <04294> <04276> of Manasseh <04519> they assigned Taanach <08590> and Gath Rimmon <01667>, along with the grazing areas <04054> <04054> of each– a total of two <08147> cities <05892>. 21:26 The rest <03498> of the Kohathite <06955> <01121> clans <04940> received ten <06235> cities <05892> and their grazing areas <04054>. 21:27 They assigned to the Gershonite <01648> clans <04940> of the Levites <03881> the following cities: from the half-tribe <04294> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>: Golan <01474> in Bashan <01316> (a city <05892> of refuge <04733> for one who committed manslaughter <07523>) and Beeshtarah <01203>, along with the grazing areas <04054> of each– a total of two <08147> cities <05892>; 21:28 from the tribe <04294> of Issachar <03485>: Kishon <07191>, Daberath <01705>, 21:29 Jarmuth <03412>, and En Gannim <05873>, along with the grazing areas <04054> of each <04054>– a total of four <0702> cities <05892>;

• Jos 21:1-45 -- Levitical Cities

• Levites

  [smith] (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the tribe who were not priests, ...
  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• LEVITICAL CITIES

  [isbe] LEVITICAL CITIES - le-vit'-i-kal I. LEGAL PROVISIONS 1. Numbers 2. Deuteronomy II. WELLHAUSEN'S VIEW III. ALTERNATIVE VIEW AND EVIDENCE 1. Traces of the Cities 2. Wellhausen's Arguments Answered 3. Van Hoonacker's Reply 4. E...
  

• MERARI

  [isbe] MERARI - me-ra'-ri (merari, "bitter"; Mararei): (1) The 3rd son of Levi, his brothers, Gershon and Kohath, being always mentioned together with him (Gen 46:11; Ex 6:16 ff). He was among those 70 who went down to Egypt with J...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Lot

  [nave] LOT, The Prov. 16:33; 18:18; Isa. 34:17; Joel 3:3. The scapegoat chosen by, Lev. 16:8-10. The land of Canaan divided among the tribes by, Num. 26:55; Josh. 15; 18:10; 19:51; 21; 1 Chr. 6:61, 65; Ezek. 45:1; 47:22; 48:29;...
  

• Joshua

  [nave] JOSHUA 1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea. Son of Nun, Num. 13:8; 1 Chr. 7:27. Intimately associated with Moses, Ex. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11. A religious zealot, Num. 11:28. Sent with others to view the promise...
  

• Levite

  [ebd] a descendant of the tribe of Levi (Ex. 6:25; Lev. 25:32; Num. 35:2; Josh. 21:3, 41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the subordinate offices of the sanc...
  

• EZEKIEL, 2

  [isbe] EZEKIEL, 2 - II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significance of the book; and the examination of its contents will form the subject...
  

• Priest

  [smith] The English word is derived from the Greek presbyter , signifying an "elder" (Heb. cohen). Origin. --The idea of a priesthood connects itself in all its forms, pure or corrupted, with the consciousness, more or less distinct ...
  [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....
  

• PALESTINE, 2

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 2 - III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains...
  

• Judah, Tribe of

  [ebd] Judah and his three surviving sons went down with Jacob into Egypt (Gen. 46:12; Ex. 1:2). At the time of the Exodus, when we meet with the family of Judah again, they have increased to the number of 74,000 males (Num. 1:26, ...
  

• Gath-rimmon

  [ebd] press of the pomegranate. (1.) A Levitical city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:45; 21:24; 1 Chr. 6:69). (2.) Another city of the same name in Manasseh, west of the Jordan (Josh. 21:25), called also Bileam (1 Chr. 6:70).
  [isbe] GATH-RIMMON - gath-rim'-un (gath rimmon, "winepress of Rimmon"): (1) A city in the territory of Dan named with Bene-berak and Me-jarkon, in the plain not far from Joppa (Josh 19:45), assigned to the Kohathite Levites (Josh 2...
  [nave] GATH-RIMMON 1. A Levitical city of Dan, Josh. 19:45. 2. A city of Manasseh, Josh. 21:24, 25; 1 Chr. 6:69. Called also Bileam, 1 Chr. 6:70.
  

• Jarmuth

  [ebd] height. (1.) A town in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:35), originally the residence of one of the Canaanitish kings (10:3, 5, 23). It has been identified with the modern Yarmuk, a village about 7 miles north-east of Beit-Jibri...
  [isbe] JARMUTH - jar'-muth (yarmuth: (1) A city of the Canaanites in the Shephelah (Josh 15:35) of Judah whose "king," Piram, joined the league of the "five kings" against Joshua (Josh 10:3-5), was defeated at Gibeon and slain at M...
  [smith] (high). A town in the low country of Judah. (Joshua 16:35) Its king, Piram, was one of the five who conspired. to punish Gibeon for having made alliance with Israel, (Joshua 10:3,5) and who were routed at Beth-horon and put ...
  [nave] JARMUTH 1. A city in Judah, Josh. 10:3, 5, 23; 12:11; 15:35; Neh. 11:29. 2. A Levitical city in Issachar, Josh. 21:29.
  

• Hebron

  [ebd] a community; alliance. (1.) A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. It was built "seven years before Zoan in ...
  [smith] (alliance). The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. (Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19; 1 Chronicles 6:2,18; 23:12) He was the founder of a family of Hebronites, (Numbers 3:27; 26:58; 1 Chronicles 26:23,30,31)...
  [nave] HEBRON 1. A city of Asher, Josh. 19:28. 2. A city of Judah, S. of Jerusalem. When built, Num. 13:22. Fortified, 2 Chr. 11:10. Called Kirjath-arba, Gen. 23:2; Arba, Gen. 35:27; Josh. 15:13. Abraham dwells and Sarah dies a...
  

• Jattir

  [ebd] pre-eminent, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48; 21:14).
  [isbe] JATTIR - jat'-er (yattir, and yattir): A town in the hill country of Judah, mentioned in conjunction with Shamir and Socoh (Josh 15:48); one of the cities given to the "children of Aaron the priest" (Josh 21:14; 1 Ch 6:57). ...
  [smith] (pre-eminent), a town of Judah in the mountain districts, (Joshua 15:48) one of the group containing Socho, Eshtemoa, etc. See also (Joshua 21:14; 1 Samuel 30:27; 1 Chronicles 6:57) By Robinson it is identified with ?At...
  [nave] JATTIR, a Levitical city, Josh. 15:48; 21:14; 1 Sam. 30:27; 1 Chr. 6:57.
  

• Libnah

  [ebd] transparency; whiteness. (1.) One of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:20, 21). (2.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (Josh. 10:29-32; 12:15). It became one of the Levitical t...
  [isbe] LIBNAH - lib'-na (libhnah "whiteness," "transparency," "pavement" (compare Ex 24:10 where libhnath, is translated "paved work" or a "compact foundation"); Lebna): (1) A desert camp of the Israelites between Rimmon-perez and ...
  [smith] (whiteness). A royal city of the Canaanites which lay in the southwest part of the Holy Land, taken by Joshua immediately after the rout of Beth-horon. It was near Lachish, west of Makkedah. It was appropriated with its "sub...
  [nave] LIBNAH 1. A station of the Israelites in the desert, Num. 33:20. 2. A city of Judah, captured by Joshua, Josh. 10:29-32, 39; 12:15. Allotted to the priests, Josh. 21:13; 1 Chr. 6:57. Seacherib besieged; his army defeated ...
  

• Anathoth

  [ebd] the name of one of the cities of refuge, in the tribe of Benjamin (Josh. 21:18). The Jews, as a rule, did not change the names of the towns they found in Palestine; hence this town may be regarded as deriving its name from t...
  [isbe] ANATHOTH - an'-a-thoth (`anathoth; Anathoth): A town which lay between Michmash and Jerusalem (Isa 10:30), in the territory of Benjamin, assigned to the Levites (Josh 21:18). It was the native place of Abiathar (1 Ki 2:26), ...
  [smith] a priests? city belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, with "suburbs." (Joshua 21:18; 1 Chronicles 6:60) Anathoth lay about three miles from Jerusalem. (Isaiah 10:30) The cultivation of the priests survives in tilled fields o...
  [nave] ANATHOTH 1. A Levitical city in Benjamin, Josh. 21:18; 1 Chr. 6:60. Abiathar confined in, 1 Kin. 2:26. Birthplace of Jeremiah, Jer. 1:1; 32:7-12; of Abiezer, 2 Sam. 23:27; of Jehu, 1 Chr. 12:3. Prophecies against, Jer. 11...
  

• Shechem

  [isbe] SHECHEM - she'-kem (shekhem, "shoulder"; Suchem, he Sikima, ta Sikima, etc.; the King James Version gives "Sichem" in Gen 12:6; and "Sychem" in Acts 7:16): 1. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abra...
  [smith] (back or shoulder). An important city in central Palestine, in the valley between mounts Ebal and Gerizim, 34 miles north of Jerusalem and 7 miles southeast of Samaria. Its present name, Nablus , is a corruption of Neapolis,...
  [nave] SHECHEM 1. Called also Sichem and Sychem, a district in the central part of the land of Canaan. Abraham dwells in, Gen. 12:6. Jacob buys a piece of ground in, and erects an altar, Gen. 33:18-20. The flocks and herds of Jac...
  

• Gibeon

  [ebd] hill-city, "one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty" (Josh. 10:2). Its inhabitants were Hivites (11:19). It lay within the territory of Benjamin, and became a priest-city (18:25; 21:17)....
  [isbe] GIBEON - gib'-e-un (gibh`on): One of the royal cities of the Hivites (Josh 9:7). It was a greater city than Ai; and its inhabitants were reputed mighty men (Josh 10:2). It fell within the territory allotted to Benjamin (Josh...
  [smith] (hill city), one of the four , cities of the Hivites, the inhabitants of which made a league with Joshua, (Joshua 9:3-15) and thus escaped the fate of Jericho and Ai. Comp. ch. (Joshua 11:19) Gibeon lay within the territory o...
  [nave] GIBEON 1. A city of the Hivites, Josh. 9:3, 17; 2 Sam. 21:2. The people of, adroitly draw Joshua into a treaty, Josh. 9. Made servants by the Israelites, when their sharp practice was discovered, Josh. 9:27. The sun stand...
  

• Joshua Leads the Division of Canaan

  

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