Amplified Bible
Joshua 21:20-39
20Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath.
21They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
22and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.
23From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
24Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.
25From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.
26All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath totaled ten.
27To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, they gave from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, [the city of] Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.
28From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
29Jarmuth with its pasture lands, and En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities.
30From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities.
32From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.
33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
34To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands,
35Dimnah with its pasture lands and Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.
36From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
37Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities.
38From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
39Heshbon with its pasture lands and Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.
Commentaries on Joshua 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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