KJV King James Version
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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Joshua 21:13
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
WEB World English Bible
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
ASV American Standard Version
And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,
Surrounding context — Joshua 21
10 Which 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.
11 And 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.
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 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,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְלִבְנֵ֣י׀H1121 · benson: childאַהֲרֹ֣ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronהַכֹּהֵ֗ןH3548 · ko.henpriestנָֽתְנוּ֙H5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עִיר֙H5892 · irexcitementמִקְלַ֣טH4733 · miq.latrefugeהָרֹצֵ֔חַH7523 · ra.tsachto murderאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חֶבְר֖וֹןH2275 · chev.ronHebronוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָH4054 · mig.rashpastureוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]לִבְנָ֖הH3841 · liv.nahLibnahוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃H4054 · mig.rashpasture
Cross-references
Joshua 15:42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,Joshua 10:29Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:Joshua 15:54And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:Joshua 20:7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.Numbers 35:6And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites [there shall be] six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.Isaiah 37:8So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.1 Chronicles 6:56-57But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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