Joshua 21:18
“Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.”
Joshua 21:18 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
- DARBYDarby
- Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs ; four cities;
- BPVBiblePics Version
- Anathoth and its pasturelands, and Almon and its pasturelands; four cities.
Context: Joshua 21
16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20And 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.
About Joshua 21: Levitical Cities
Joshua allocates the land of Canaan by lot to the Levites and sets aside cities for them to live in.
Commentary
Joshua 21 is the conclusion of the book of Joshua, and it is a fitting end to the story of the Israelites’ conquest of the Promised Land. In this chapter, the Lord fulfills his promise to give the Israelites the land he had promised them. The Lord commands Joshua to divide the land among the tribes of Israel, and he does so according to the Lord’s instructions. The chapter ends with a list of the cities that were given to each tribe.