King James Version
Joshua 21:19 in the King James Version says “All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.”
Joshua 21:19 · KJV
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
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.
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“All the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“the priests”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“All the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“with their suburbs”
H4054a suburb (i.e., open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea
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