Joshua 21:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֚ל עָרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עָרִ֛ים אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃

Transliteration

kōl ʿārê halwiyyîm bətôk ʾăḥuzzat bənê-yiśrāʾēl ʿārîm ʾarbāʿîm ûšəmōneh ûmigrəšêhen

Grammar Details

*kōl*: noun masculine singular construct - all of
*ʿārê*: noun feminine plural construct - cities of
*halwiyyîm*: article + proper noun masculine plural - the Levites
*bətôk*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in midst of
*ʾăḥuzzat*: noun feminine singular construct - possession of
*bənê*: noun masculine plural construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʿārîm*: noun feminine plural - cities
*ʾarbāʿîm*: number - forty
*ûšəmōneh*: conjunction + number masculine - and eight
*ûmigrəšêhen*: conjunction + noun masculine plural construct + 3rd person feminine plural suffix - and their pasture lands

Word Meanings

*kōl*: all/every/whole
*ʿārê*: cities/towns of
*bətôk*: in the midst of/among/within
*ʾăḥuzzat*: possession/holding/property of
*bənê*: sons/descendants of
*ʿārîm ʾarbāʿîm ûšəmōneh*: forty-eight cities
*migrəšêhen*: their pasture lands/open spaces/suburbs

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
Num 35:1-8 : 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities. 7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them [shall ye give] with their suburbs. 8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.
Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Josh 21:42
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42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
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88%
6And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.
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Josh 21:39-40
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39Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
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Josh 21:18-20
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18Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
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Josh 21:24-26
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77%
24Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
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1 Chr 6:64-65
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76%
64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
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Josh 21:2-9
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2and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
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74%
31Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
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Josh 15:32
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38And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
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Josh 19:23
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Josh 19:48
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Josh 19:16
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Ezek 48:22
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