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Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites

Joshua 21:41

In 11 translations

BSB
For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
KJV
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
WEB
All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
ASV
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
LSV
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel [are] forty-eight cities, and their outskirts.
YLT
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel [are] forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.
DBY
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.
DRC21:39
So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,
GNV
And all the cities of the Leuites within the possession of the children of Israel, were eight and fourtie with their suburbes.
JPS
All the cities of the Levites — forty and eight cities with the open land about them — shall be in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel,
LXXE
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight cities,

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Original-language editions

WLC
כֹּ֚ל עָרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עָרִ֛ים אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃
LXX-Br
Πᾶσαι πόλεις τῶν Λευιτῶν ἐν μέσῳ κατασχέσεως υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, τεσσαρακονταοκτὼ πόλεις, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῶν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 33:10He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
  • Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
  • Numbers 35:1–8Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around…

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  • 21:39 in some Bibles
  • 21:41 in most Bibles

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