To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
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To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
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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,
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And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with the open land about it;
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Joshua 21:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 15:42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
- Joshua 10:29 Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
- Joshua 15:54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
- Joshua 20:7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- Numbers 35:6 “The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the man slayer to flee to. Besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:56-57 but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
- Isaiah 37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, the Priest of the family of the…
That is, the Priest of the family of the Kohathites, of whom Aaron was chief.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the…
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest,.... The families of the Kohathites, that part of them which descended from him, and were priests:
Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; that had slain a person unawares, and without design; see on Jos 20:3,
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and Libnah with her suburbs; a royal city, of which see Jos 10:29.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. Libnah — See on Jos_10:29. In the following…
13. Libnah — See on Jos_10:29. In the following list no comment is made on those cities that are now unknown.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. Libnah] See above ch. Jos_10:29; Jattir, see Jos_15:48;…
13. Libnah] See above ch. Jos_10:29; Jattir, see Jos_15:48; Eshtemoa, see Jos_15:50.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Hebron with her suburbs to be a city of…
Hebron with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer. Rather, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and her cattle drives (see note above on ver. 2). The translation in our version obscures the meaning, which is clearly that the cities of refuge were first fixed on, and then assigned to the Levites. Most of the cities in the following list have been noticed already.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Libnah ... Jattir ... Eshtemoa ... Holon ... Debir…
Libnah ... Jattir ... Eshtemoa ... Holon ... Debir ... Ain ... Juttah
These are all names of cities. (See: How to Translate Names)
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nine cities ... two tribes
The number of cities and tribes in the passage. (See: Numbers)
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Aaron
Hebron
Beth Shemesh
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