Joshua 21:1

¶ Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Then came near {H5066} the heads {H7218} of the fathers {H1} of the Levites {H3881} unto Eleazar {H499} the priest {H3548}, and unto Joshua {H3091} the son {H1121} of Nun {H5126}, and unto the heads {H7218} of the fathers {H1} of the tribes {H4294} of the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478};

Then the leaders of the ancestral clans of the L'vi'im approached El'azar the cohen, Y'hoshua the son of Nun and the leaders of the ancestral clans of the tribes of the people of Isra'el.

Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel

Then came near the heads of fathers’housesof the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 14:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ And these [are the countries] which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

  • Joshua 17:4 (3 votes)

    And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

  • Joshua 19:51 (3 votes)

    These [are] the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

  • Numbers 34:17 (2 votes)

    These [are] the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

  • Numbers 34:29 (2 votes)

    These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • Exodus 6:14 (2 votes)

    ¶ These [be] the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben.

  • Exodus 6:25 (2 votes)

    And Eleazar Aaron's son took him [one] of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these [are] the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.