Joshua 21:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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,”
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“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,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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,”
King James Version · Public Domain“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,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 21:13 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 35:6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
- Joshua 10:29Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
- Joshua 15:42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
- Joshua 15:54Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:56But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
- Isaiah 37:8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
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