CHAPTER EXPLORER
Joshua 21
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45 verses in KJV · 188 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Joshua 21 (KJV)
21:1 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;
21:2 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.
21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Joshua
Approximate study chronology: c. 1443 BC
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