Joshua 21:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 21:13

11 ^aAnd they gave them¹ Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of ^bAnak), ^cwhich is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it.

12 But ^athe fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

13 Thus ^ato the children of Aaron the priest they gave ^bHebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), ^cLibnah with its common-land,

14 ^aJattir with its common-land, ^bEshtemoa with its common-land,

15 ^aHolon with its common-land, ^bDebir with its common-land,

16 ^aAin with its common-land, ^bJuttah with its common-land, and ^cBeth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes;

17 and from the tribe of Benjamin, ^aGibeon with its common-land, ^bGeba with its common-land,

18 Anathoth with its common-land, and ^aAlmon with its common-land: four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common-lands.

20 ^aAnd the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their¹ lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 21:13

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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,

Amplified® Bible
Thus to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasturelands (suburbs), and together with their suburbs, Libnah,

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 21:9)

Darby English Version
And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,

Good News Bible
In addition to Hebron (one of the cities of refuge), the following cities were assigned to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Libnah,

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,

New American Standard Bible
So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands,

New International Version
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,

New King James Version
Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands,

Revised Standard Version
And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands, Libnah with its pasture lands,

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,

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