Joshua 21

Joshua · Chapter 21

Joshua 21:42

1Then 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;2And 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.3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.4And 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.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 half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.6And 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.7The 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.8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.9And 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,10Which 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.11And 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.12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.13Thus 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,14And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.20And 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.21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.27And 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.28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,29Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,31Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.32And 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.33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.34And 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,35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.38And 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,39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.40So 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.41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.43And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.44And 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.45There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
they wereתִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙tih-YEI-nahH1961
to be

הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …

the citiesהֶעָרִ֣יםhe-'a-RIMH5892B
city

עִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town

the theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha-'E-lehH0428
these

אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent Aramaic equivalent: el.leh (אֵלֶּה "these" H0429)

a cityעִ֣יר'irH5892B
city

עִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town

a cityעִ֔יר'IrH5892B
city

עִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town

and pasture lands itsוּמִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָu-mig-ra-SHEI-haH4054
pasture

מִגְרָשׁ (mig.rash) common, common land, open land, suburb

around itסְבִיבֹתֶ֑יהָse-vi-vo-TEI-haH5439G
around

סָבִיב (sa.viv) : around/border subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side

thusכֵּ֖ןkenH3651C
right

כֵּן (ken) adv adj 1) right, just, honest, true, veritable 1a) right, just, honest 1b) correct 1c) true, veritable

for allלְכָל־le-kholH3605
all

כֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

the citiesהֶעָרִ֥יםhe-'a-RIMH5892B
city

עִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town

the theseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ סha-'E-lehH0428
these

אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent Aramaic equivalent: el.leh (אֵלֶּה "these" H0429)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.