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Joshua 21:13 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Joshua 21:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 21 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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,”
Joshua 21:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 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 (חֶבְרוֹן עִיר מִקְלָט הָרֹצֵחַ, Chevron ir miklat harotzeach)—The Aaronic priesthood received Hebron, one of six arei miklat (cities of refuge) where those guilty of manslaughter could flee from the blood avenger. Hebron held profound patriarchal significance as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob's burial place (Genesis 23:19; 49:29-32). That the holiest priestly lineage received this most sacred ancestral site demonstrates divine intentionality.Libnah with her suburbs (לִבְנָה וְאֶת־מִגְר...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joshua 21:13
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“and Ether”
“and all Israel with him”
“and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron)”
“and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim”
“and the villages of it”
“they shall be the six cities of refuge”
“and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah”