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Joshua Chapter 21

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JOSHUA

Joshua 21

1Then came the principall fathers of the Leuites vnto Eleazar the Priest, and vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and vnto the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,
Joshua 14:1, Joshua 14:1, Joshua 17:4, Joshua 19:51, Joshua 17:4
2And spake vnto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hande of Moses, to giue vs cities to dwell in, with the suburbes thereof for our cattell.
Joshua 18:1, Joshua 18:1, Numbers 35:2, Numbers 35:8, Numbers 35:2
3So the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritance at the commandement of the Lord these cities with their suburbes.
Genesis 49:7, Genesis 49:7, Deuteronomy 33:8, Deuteronomy 33:10, 1 Chronicles 6:54
4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron ye Priest, which were of the Leuites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Iudah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin thirteene cities.
1 Chronicles 6:54, 1 Chronicles 6:60, Joshua 21:8, Joshua 21:19, Joshua 24:33
5And 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 halfe tribe of Manasseh, tenne cities.
Joshua 21:20, Joshua 21:26, Joshua 21:20, Joshua 21:26, Exodus 6:16
6Also 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 ye tribe of Naphtali, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.
Joshua 21:27, Joshua 21:33, Joshua 21:27, Joshua 21:33, 1 Chronicles 6:71
7The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.
Joshua 21:34, Joshua 21:40, Joshua 21:34, Joshua 21:40, 1 Chronicles 6:63
8So the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbes, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
Joshua 21:3, Joshua 21:3, Numbers 33:54, Proverbs 16:33, Joshua 18:6
9And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeo, these cities which are here named.
1 Chronicles 6:65, Joshua 21:13, Joshua 21:18, 1 Chronicles 6:65, Joshua 21:13
10And they were the childrens of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites, and of the sonnes of Leui, (for theirs was the first lot)
Joshua 21:4, Joshua 21:4, Exodus 6:18, Numbers 3:19, Exodus 6:20
11So they gaue them Kiriath-arba of the father of Anok (which is Hebron) in the mountaine of Iudah, with the suburbes of the same round about it.
1 Chronicles 6:55, 1 Chronicles 6:55, Luke 1:39, Luke 1:39, Genesis 35:27
12(But the lande of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh to be his possession)
1 Chronicles 6:55, 1 Chronicles 6:57, Joshua 14:13, Joshua 14:15, 1 Chronicles 6:55
13Thus they gaue to the children of Aaron the Priest, a citie of refuge for the slaier, euen Hebron with her suburbes, and Libnah with her suburbes,
Joshua 15:42, Joshua 15:42, Joshua 10:29, Joshua 20:7, Joshua 15:54
14And Iattir with her suburbes, and Eshtemoa, and her suburbes,
Joshua 15:48, Joshua 15:50, Joshua 15:48, Joshua 15:50, 1 Samuel 30:27
15And Holon with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,
Joshua 15:51, Joshua 15:49, Joshua 15:51, Joshua 15:49, Joshua 12:13
16And Ain with her suburbes, and Iuttah with her suburbes, Beth-shemesh with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes.
Joshua 15:10, Joshua 15:55, 1 Chronicles 6:59, Joshua 15:10, Joshua 15:55
17And out of the tribe of Beniamin they gaue Gibeon with her suburbes, Geba with her suburbes,
Joshua 18:24, Joshua 18:25, Joshua 9:3, Joshua 18:24, Joshua 18:25
18Anathoth with her suburbes, and Almon with her suburbes: foure cities.
Jeremiah 1:1, Isaiah 10:30, 1 Chronicles 6:60, 1 Kings 2:26, Jeremiah 1:1
19All the cities of the children of Aaron Priests, were thirteene cities with their suburbes.
20But to the families of the children of Kohath of the Leuites, which were the rest of the children of Kohath (for the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim)
1 Chronicles 6:66, 1 Chronicles 6:66, Joshua 21:5, Joshua 21:5
21They gaue them the citie of refuge for the slaier, Shechem with her suburbes in mount Ephraim, and Gezer with her suburbes,
Joshua 20:7, Joshua 20:7, 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:17, Genesis 33:19
22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbes: foure cities.
Joshua 16:3, Joshua 18:13, Joshua 18:14, Joshua 16:5, 1 Chronicles 6:68
23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbes, Gibethon with her suburbes,
Joshua 19:44, Joshua 19:45, Joshua 19:44, Joshua 19:45
24Aiialon with her suburbes, Gath-rimmon with her suburbes: foure cities.
Joshua 10:12, 1 Chronicles 6:69, Joshua 19:42, Joshua 10:12, 1 Chronicles 6:69
25And out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbes, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbes: two cities.
Joshua 17:11, Judges 5:19, Joshua 17:11, Judges 5:19
26All the cities for the other families of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbes.
27Also vnto the children of Gershon of the families of the Leuites, they gaue out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, the citie of refuge for the slaier, Golan in Bashan with her suburbes, and Beeshterah with her suburbes: two cities.
1 Chronicles 6:71, 1 Chronicles 6:71, Deuteronomy 1:4, Joshua 20:8, Deuteronomy 4:43
28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbes, Dabereh with her suburbes,
1 Chronicles 6:72, 1 Chronicles 6:73, Joshua 19:12, 1 Chronicles 6:72, 1 Chronicles 6:73
29Iarmuth with her suburbes, En-gannim with her suburbes: foure cities.
Joshua 10:3, Joshua 12:11, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 12:11
30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbes, Abdon with her suburbes,
1 Chronicles 6:74, 1 Chronicles 6:75, Joshua 19:25, Joshua 19:28, 1 Chronicles 6:74
31Helkah with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbes: foure cities.
Judges 18:21, Judges 1:31, 1 Chronicles 6:75, Judges 18:21, Judges 1:31
32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the citie of refuge for the slaier, Kedesh in Galil with her suburbes, and Hammoth-dor with her suburbes, and Kartan with her suburbes: three cities.
Joshua 20:7, 1 Chronicles 6:76, Joshua 20:7, 1 Chronicles 6:76, Joshua 19:35
33Al the cities of the Gershonites according to their families, were thirteene cities with their suburbes.
34Also vnto the families of the children of Merari the rest of the Leuites, they gaue out of the tribe of Zebulun, Iokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbes,
1 Chronicles 6:77, 1 Chronicles 6:77, Joshua 19:11, Joshua 12:22, Joshua 21:7
35Dimnah with her suburbes, Nahalal, with her suburbes: foure cities.
36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Iahazah with her suburbs,
Joshua 20:8, Joshua 20:8, Deuteronomy 4:43, Deuteronomy 4:43, Numbers 21:23
37Kedemoth with her suburbes, and Mephaath with her suburbes: foure cities.
38And out of the tribe of Gad they gaue for a citie of refuge for the slaier, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes,
Genesis 32:2, Genesis 32:2, 1 Kings 22:3, Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:8
39Heshbon with her suburbs, and Iazer with her suburbes: foure cities in all.
1 Chronicles 6:81, Joshua 13:17, Jeremiah 48:32, Numbers 21:26, Numbers 21:30
40So all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families (which were the rest of the families of the Leuites) were by their lot, twelue cities.
41And all the cities of the Leuites within the possession of the children of Israel, were eight and fourtie with their suburbes.
Genesis 49:7, Numbers 35:1, Numbers 35:8, Deuteronomy 33:10, Genesis 49:7
42These cities lay euery one seuerallie with their suburbes round about them: so were all these cities.
43So the Lord gaue vnto Israel all ye land, which hee had sworne to giue vnto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Genesis 13:15, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 28:4, Exodus 23:27, Exodus 23:31
44Also the Lord gaue them rest rounde about according to all that hee had sworne vnto their fathers: and there stoode not a man of all their enemies before them: for the Lord deliuered all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua 11:23, Joshua 11:23, Hebrews 4:9, Deuteronomy 31:3, Deuteronomy 31:5
45There failed nothing of all the good things, which the Lord hath sayde vnto the house of Israel, but all came to passe.
1 Kings 8:56, 1 Kings 8:56, Numbers 23:19, Joshua 23:14, Joshua 23:15

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