Joshua 21
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
the heads
Joshua 19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua …
Exodus 6:14,25 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the …
Eleazar
Joshua 14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited …
Joshua 17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the …
Numbers 34:17-29 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land to you: …
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Shiloh
Joshua 18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together …
The Lord
Numbers 35:2-8 Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of …
Ezekiel 48:9-18 The oblation that you shall offer to the LORD shall be of five and …
Matthew 10:10 Nor money for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor …
Galatians 6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teaches …
1 Timothy 5:17,18 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, …
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
unto the Levites
Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it …
Deuteronomy 33:8-10 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your …
1 Chronicles 6:54-81 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their …
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
the children
Joshua 21:8-19 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities …
Joshua 24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill …
1 Chronicles 6:54-60 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their …
the tribe These tribes furnished more habitation to the Levites, in proportion, than any of the other tribes, because they possessed a more extensive inheritance, agreeably to what Moses had commanded (
Numbers 35:8 And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of …
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
Joshua 21:20-26 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained …
Genesis 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Exodus 6:16-25 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; …
Numbers 3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of …
1 Chronicles 6:18,19,61,66-70 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel…
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Joshua 21:27-33 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites…
Exodus 6:16,17 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; …
Numbers 3:21,22 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the …
1 Chronicles 6:62,71-76 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe …
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Joshua 21:34-40 And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, …
Exodus 6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families …
Numbers 3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi…
1 Chronicles 6:63,77-81 To the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, …
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
by lot
Joshua 21:3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, …
Joshua 18:6 You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring …
Numbers 33:54 And you shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your …
Numbers 35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them …
Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Proverbs 18:18 The lot causes contentions to cease, and parts between the mighty.
as the Lord
Numbers 32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to …
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,
these cities
Joshua 21:13-18 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her …
1 Chronicles 6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and …
mentioned [heb] called
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.
Joshua 21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the …
Exodus 6:18,20-26 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel…
Numbers 3:2-4,19,27 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, …
Numbers 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after …
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.
And they
1 Chronicles 6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof …
the city of Arba. or, Kirjath-arba
Joshua 15:13,14,54 And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children …
Genesis 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of …
Genesis 35:27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to the city of Arbah, …
Judges 1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelled in Hebron: (now …
is Hebron
2 Samuel 2:1-3 And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, …
2 Samuel 5:1-5 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, …
2 Samuel 15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said to the king, …
in the hill
Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem …
Luke 1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with …
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Joshua 14:13-15 And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron …
1 Chronicles 6:55-57 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof …
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,
they gave
1 Chronicles 6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to …
Hebron
Joshua 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities …
a city
Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem …
Numbers 35:6 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall …
Libnah
Joshua 10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, …
Joshua 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
1 Chronicles 6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, …
Isaiah 37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against …
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
Jattir Jattir or Jether, according to Eusebius, was situated in the district or Daroma, or the southern part of Judah,
Joshua 15:48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
1 Samuel 30:27,28 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, …
Eshtemoa Eusebius says Eshtemoa, or Esthema, was a great city in the south of Judah, and in the district of Eleutheropolis, north of that city.
Joshua 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
Eshtemoh
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
Holon
Joshua 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
1 Chronicles 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
Hilen
Debir
Joshua 12:13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
Joshua 15:49 And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Ain
Joshua 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
1 Chronicles 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
Ashan
Juttah Eusebius says Juttah was a great town
Joshua 15:55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
Bethshemesh
Joshua 15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward to mount Seir, and …
1 Samuel 6:9,12 And see, if it goes up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, …
1 Chronicles 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Gibeon
Joshua 9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to …
Joshua 18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
1 Chronicles 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth …
Geba
Joshua 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Gaba
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
Anathoth Anathoth was situated about three miles northward from Jerusalem according to Eusebius and Jerome (in Je
Joshua 1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
1 Kings 2:26 And to Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth, to …
Isaiah 10:30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to …
Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were …
Almon
1 Chronicles 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth …
Alemeth
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Joshua 21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families …
1 Chronicles 6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities …
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Joshua 5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were …
1 Chronicles 6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities …
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
Shechem
Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem …
Genesis 33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, …
Judges 9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's …
1 Kings 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem …
Gezer
Joshua 16:10 And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer: but …
1 Kings 9:15-17 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for …
1 Chronicles 6:67 And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount …
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
Beth-horon
Joshua 16:3,5 And goes down westward to the coast of Japhleti, to the coast of …
Joshua 18:13,14 And the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz, …
1 Chronicles 6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
Eltekeh
Joshua 19:44,45 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath…
Gibbethon Probably the Gabatha mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome, as situated in the south of Judah,
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
Aijalon
Joshua 10:12 Then spoke Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered …
Joshua 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Ajalon
1 Chronicles 6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
Gathrimmon Gathrimmon is said by Jerome to be a great town
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
Aner and Bileam are mentioned in Chronicles, instead of Tanach and Gath-rimmon. (
Tanach
Joshua 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, …
Judges 5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach …
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
And unto
Joshua 21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the …
Golan
Joshua 20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer …
Deuteronomy 1:4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelled …
Deuteronomy 4:43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; …
1 Chronicles 6:71 To the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe …
Beesh-terah It is very probable that Bessh-terah is a contraction of baith ashtaroth, `the house of Ashtaroth,' and the same as Ashtaroth, which is the reading in
1 Chronicles 6:71 To the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe …
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
Dabareh
Joshua 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sun rise to the border …
1 Chronicles 6:72,73 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath …
Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
Jarmuth This seems to be the same city with Remeth
Joshua 10:19,21 And stay you not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost …
and Ramoth
1 Chronicles 6:73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
mentioned with Engannim.
Joshua 10:3,23 Why Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and …
Joshua 12:11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
Mishal
Joshua 19:25-28 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph…
Misheal
1 Chronicles 6:74,75 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon …
Mashal
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
Rehob See the note on
Numbers 13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin …
Judges 1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants …
Judges 18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle …
1 Chronicles 6:75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
Kedesh
Joshua 19:37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem …
1 Chronicles 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, …
Hammoth-dor Supposed by many to be the same as Tiberias; so called from the hot-baths, as the word Chammoth may denote, in its vicinity.
Joshua 19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Hammath
Kartan Supposed to be the same as Kirjathaim
1 Chronicles 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, …
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
And unto
Joshua 21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of …
1 Chronicles 6:77 To the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe …
Jokneam
Joshua 12:22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
Joshua 19:11,15 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached …
Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
Dimnah This and the following verse are wholly omitted by the Masora, and many hebrew Bibles which are esteemed very highly; though, without them, neither the twelve cities of the Merarites in particular (verse
Joshua 21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which …
Joshua 21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children …
Joshua 21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which …
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
Bezer
Joshua 20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer …
Deuteronomy 4:43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; …
1 Chronicles 6:78,79 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, …
Jahazah
Joshua 13:18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Numbers 21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but …
1 Chronicles 6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, …
Jahzah
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Ramoth
Joshua 20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer …
1 Kings 22:3 And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know you that Ramoth …
1 Chronicles 6:80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and …
Mahanaim
Genesis 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called …
2 Samuel 17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and …
2 Samuel 19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and …
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Heshbon
Joshua 13:17,21 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, …
Numbers 21:26-30 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had …
Numbers 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
1 Chronicles 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
Jazer
Isaiah 16:8,9 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords …
Jeremiah 48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer: …
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
within
Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it …
Numbers 35:1-8 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near …
Deuteronomy 33:10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they …
forty At the last census, the tribe of Levi amounted only to
These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give …
Genesis 13:15 For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your …
Genesis 15:13-21 And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a …
Genesis 26:3,4 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; …
Genesis 28:4,13,14 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with …
Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, …
Exodus 23:27-31 I will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people to …
Psalm 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither …
Psalm 106:42-45 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection …
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brothers rest, as he has given you…
Joshua 11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said to Moses…
Joshua 22:4,9 And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he …
Deuteronomy 7:22-24 And the LORD your God will put out those nations before you by little …
Deuteronomy 31:3-5 The LORD your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy …
Hebrews 4:9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Joshua 23:14,15 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you …
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that …
1 Kings 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, that has given rest to his people Israel, according …
1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called to the fellowship of his …
1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it.
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before …
Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God …
