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Joshua 21:19–20

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All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
¶ 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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  1. 1 Chronicles 6:66Rank 1 from verse 20
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    66And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

  2. Joshua 21:5Rank 2 from verse 20
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    5And 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 21:19

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

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suburbs

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The outlying land or district surrounding a city, including ground allotted for cattle and other use.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Joshua 21:20

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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remained

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of remain. Sense 1: To be left or still exist after others are gone, removed, consumed, or destroyed. Sense 2: To stay, abide, or continue in a place, state, condition, or relation.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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lot

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1. An object cast or drawn to decide or assign a matter. 2. A portion, inheritance, office, place, or condition assigned or allotted.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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tribe

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A body of people descended from a common ancestor, especially one of the divisions of Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

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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,

21:14And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

21:15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

21:16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

21:17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

21:18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

21:19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

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21:20¶ 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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21:21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

21:22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.

21:23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

21:24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

21:25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

21:26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

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