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Joshua Chapter 21

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Joshua

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Joshua leads the Israelites into the promised land and conquers the remaining cities of the Canaanites, fulfilling God's promise. The chapter emphasizes God's power over the nations and the people's obedience in entering the land. It also notes the covenant and the blessings awaiting those who follow God's instructions.

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(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;
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Joshua 19:51Exodus 6:14Exodus 6:25Joshua 14:1Joshua 17:4Numbers 34:17Numbers 34:18Numbers 34:19Numbers 34:20Numbers 34:21Numbers 34:22Numbers 34:23

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Joshua 14:1Joshua 19:51Exodus 6:25Numbers 8:12Deuteronomy 1:15Deuteronomy 5:23

(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.
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Joshua 18:1Numbers 35:2Numbers 35:3Numbers 35:4Numbers 35:5Numbers 35:6Numbers 35:7Numbers 35:8Ezekiel 48:9Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:11Ezekiel 48:12

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Genesis 31:18Genesis 47:17Joshua 21:16Joshua 21:32I Chronicles 6:60I Chronicles 6:76

(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.
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Genesis 49:7Deuteronomy 33:8Deuteronomy 33:9Deuteronomy 33:10I Chronicles 6:54I Chronicles 6:55I Chronicles 6:56I Chronicles 6:57I Chronicles 6:58I Chronicles 6:59I Chronicles 6:60I Chronicles 6:61

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Numbers 33:54Numbers 35:2Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Numbers 26:54Deuteronomy 18:1

(4) And 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.
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Joshua 21:8Joshua 21:9Joshua 21:10Joshua 21:11Joshua 21:12Joshua 21:13Joshua 21:14Joshua 21:15Joshua 21:16Joshua 21:17Joshua 21:18Joshua 21:19

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Joshua 21:6I Chronicles 6:62I Chronicles 6:65Joshua 21:5I Chronicles 6:63I Chronicles 6:61

(5) And 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.
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Joshua 21:20Joshua 21:21Joshua 21:22Joshua 21:23Joshua 21:24Joshua 21:25Joshua 21:26Genesis 46:11Exodus 6:16Exodus 6:17Exodus 6:18Exodus 6:19

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Joshua 21:6I Chronicles 6:61I Chronicles 6:62Joshua 21:4Joshua 13:29I Chronicles 6:63

(6) And 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.
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Joshua 21:27Joshua 21:28Joshua 21:29Joshua 21:30Joshua 21:31Joshua 21:32Joshua 21:33Exodus 6:16Exodus 6:17Numbers 3:21Numbers 3:22I Chronicles 6:62

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I Chronicles 6:62Joshua 21:4Joshua 21:5I Chronicles 6:61I Chronicles 6:63Numbers 34:14

(7) The 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.
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Joshua 21:34Joshua 21:35Joshua 21:36Joshua 21:37Joshua 21:38Joshua 21:39Joshua 21:40Exodus 6:19Numbers 3:20I Chronicles 6:63I Chronicles 6:77I Chronicles 6:78

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I Chronicles 6:63Revelation 7:5Joshua 21:6I Chronicles 6:62Revelation 7:6Revelation 7:7

(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.
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Joshua 21:3Joshua 18:6Numbers 33:54Numbers 35:3Proverbs 16:33Proverbs 18:18Numbers 32:2

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(9) And 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,
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Joshua 21:13Joshua 21:14Joshua 21:15Joshua 21:16Joshua 21:17Joshua 21:18I Chronicles 6:65

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Joshua 21:6I Chronicles 6:62Joshua 21:4I Chronicles 6:65Revelation 7:7Numbers 34:14

(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.
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Joshua 21:4Exodus 6:18Exodus 6:20Exodus 6:21Exodus 6:22Exodus 6:23Exodus 6:24Exodus 6:25Exodus 6:26Numbers 3:2Numbers 3:3Numbers 3:4

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Joshua 21:4I Chronicles 6:54Numbers 18:9Numbers 26:42Numbers 33:54Joshua 17:2

(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.
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I Chronicles 6:55Joshua 15:13Joshua 15:14Joshua 15:54Genesis 23:2Genesis 35:27Judges 1:10II Samuel 2:1II Samuel 2:2II Samuel 2:3II Samuel 5:1II Samuel 5:2

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Psalms 68:15Luke 1:65Numbers 13:22Joshua 15:13Joshua 21:13I Chronicles 6:55

(12) But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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Joshua 14:13Joshua 14:14Joshua 14:15I Chronicles 6:55I Chronicles 6:56I Chronicles 6:57

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(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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I Chronicles 6:56Joshua 15:54Joshua 20:7Numbers 35:6Joshua 10:29Joshua 15:42I Chronicles 6:57Isaiah 37:8

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Joshua 21:32I Chronicles 6:57Joshua 21:16Joshua 21:21Joshua 21:27Joshua 21:38

(14) And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
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Joshua 15:48I Samuel 30:27I Samuel 30:28Joshua 15:50

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(15) And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
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Joshua 15:51I Chronicles 6:58Joshua 12:13Joshua 15:49

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(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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Joshua 15:42I Chronicles 6:59Joshua 15:55Joshua 15:10I Samuel 6:9I Samuel 6:12

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Joshua 21:32I Chronicles 6:60I Chronicles 6:76I Chronicles 6:59Joshua 21:13Joshua 21:14

(17) And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
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Joshua 9:3Joshua 18:25I Chronicles 6:60Joshua 18:24

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(18) Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
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I Kings 2:26Isaiah 10:30Jeremiah 1:1I Chronicles 6:60

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(19) All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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I Chronicles 6:60Joshua 21:16Joshua 21:32I Chronicles 6:76

(20) And 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.
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Joshua 21:5I Chronicles 6:66

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(21) For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
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Joshua 20:7Genesis 33:19Judges 9:1I Kings 12:1Joshua 16:10I Kings 9:15I Kings 9:16I Kings 9:17I Chronicles 6:67

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(22) And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
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Joshua 16:3Joshua 16:5Joshua 18:13Joshua 18:14I Chronicles 6:68

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(23) And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
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Joshua 19:44Joshua 19:45

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(24) Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
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Joshua 10:12Joshua 19:42I Chronicles 6:69

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(25) And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
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Joshua 17:11Judges 5:19

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(26) All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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(27) And 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.
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Joshua 20:8Deuteronomy 1:4Deuteronomy 4:43I Chronicles 6:71

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(28) And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
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Joshua 19:12I Chronicles 6:72I Chronicles 6:73

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(29) Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
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Joshua 10:3Joshua 10:23Joshua 12:11

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(30) And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
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Joshua 19:25Joshua 19:26Joshua 19:27Joshua 19:28I Chronicles 6:74I Chronicles 6:75

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(31) Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
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(32) And 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.
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Joshua 19:37Joshua 20:7I Chronicles 6:76Joshua 19:35

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(33) All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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(34) And 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,
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Joshua 21:7I Chronicles 6:77Joshua 12:22Joshua 19:11Joshua 19:15

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(35) Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
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(36) And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
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Joshua 20:8Deuteronomy 4:43I Chronicles 6:78I Chronicles 6:79Joshua 13:18Numbers 21:23

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(37) Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
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(38) And 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,
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Joshua 20:8I Kings 22:3I Chronicles 6:80Genesis 32:2II Samuel 17:24II Samuel 19:32

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(39) Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
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(40) So 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.
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(41) All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
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(42) These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
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(43) And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
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(44) And 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.
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Joshua 1:15Joshua 11:23Joshua 22:4Joshua 22:9Deuteronomy 7:22Deuteronomy 7:23Deuteronomy 7:24Deuteronomy 31:3Deuteronomy 31:4Deuteronomy 31:5Hebrews 4:9

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(45) There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
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