Joshua 21:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The [first] lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin thirteen cities.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:39

Heman's [tribal] brother Asaph stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

Exodus 6:16

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their births: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and Levi lived 137 years.

Exodus 6:20

Amram took Jochebed his father's sister as wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and Amram lived 137 years.

Numbers 3:27

Of Kohath were the families of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.

Joshua 21:3

So the Israelites gave to the Levites out of their own inheritance, at the command of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

Joshua 21:5

And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh ten cities.

Joshua 24:33

And Eleazar son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah [on the hill] of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.