Joshua 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.
KJV
Dederuntque filii Israël de possessionibus suis juxta imperium Domini, civitates et suburbana earum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔδωκαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τοῖς Λευείταις ἐν τῷ κατακληρονομεῖν διὰ προστάγματος Κυρίου τὰς πόλεις καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῶν.
LXX
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
ASV
וַ/יִּתְּנ֨וּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל לַ/לְוִיִּ֛ם מִ/נַּחֲלָתָ֖/ם אֶל פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אֶת הֶ/עָרִ֥ים הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה וְ/אֶת מִגְרְשֵׁי/הֶֽן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 6:64 — And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
- Gen 49:7 — Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
- Josh 21:8 — And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
- Num 35:6 — And 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 t