Joshua 21 · Verse 19

Joshua 21:19

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Joshua 21:19, King James Version

Joshua 21:19 in other translations

BSBIn all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
WEBAll the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
ASVAll the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
YLTall the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, are thirteen cities and their suburbs.
DARBYAll the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
BBEThirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.
WebsterAll the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

What does Joshua 21:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 21:9-40

Jos 21:9-42. The Cities of the Priests. 9-40. they gave ... these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Thirteen cities with their suburbs - At the time mentioned here certainly thirteen cities were too large a proportion for the priests, as they and their families amounted to a very small number: but this ample provision was made in reference to their great increase in after times, when they formed twenty-four courses, as in the days of David.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 21:9-42

By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities. Thus did God graciously provide for keeping up religion among them, and that they might have the word in all parts of the land. Yet, blessed be God, we have the gospel more…

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Joshua 21:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עָרֵ֥י'a.Rei[the] cities ofH5892
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֑יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
שְׁלֹשׁ\־she.losh-[were] thir-H7969
עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה'es.RehteenH6240
עָרִ֖ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן\׃\ \סu.mig.re.shei.Henand pasture lands theirH4054

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Joshua 21:18

    Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

  • Joshua 21:19

    All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

  • Joshua 21:20

    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.

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Joshua 21:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Todas las villas de los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, son trece con sus ejidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Toutes les villes des fils d’Aaron, sacrificateurs: 13 villes et leurs banlieues.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle Städte der Söhne Aarons, der Priester: dreizehn Städte und ihre Bezirke.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnes simul civitates filiorum Aaron sacerdotis, tredecim, cum suburbanis suis.