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Joshua 21:1-13

21:1

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>_;

21:2

And they spake
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unto them at Shiloh
<07887>

in the land
<0776>

of Canaan
<03667>_,

saying
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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>_.

21:3

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>_.

21:4

And the lot
<01486>

came out
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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>_.

21:5

And the rest
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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>_.

21:6

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>_.

21:7

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>_.

21:8

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>_.

21:9

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
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by name
<08034>_,

{mentioned: Heb. called}

21:10

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>_.

21:11

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}

21:12

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>_.

21:13

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>_,