Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So
King James Version
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,
Holman Bible
They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest:
Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,
International Standard Version
So they gave Hebron to the descendants of Aaron the priest to serve as a city of refuge for unintentional killers, along with its pasture lands, Libnah with its pasture lands,
A Conservative Version
And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
American Standard Version
And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
Amplified
So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands,
Bible in Basic English
And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;
Darby Translation
And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,
Julia Smith Translation
And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge of the slayer, Hebron and its areas, and Libnah and her areas,
King James 2000
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its pasture lands,
Lexham Expanded Bible
To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge [for] the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands,
Modern King James verseion
And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah and its open lands,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the franchised cities of the slayer, Hebron with her suburbs, and Libnah with her suburbs;
NET Bible
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,
New Heart English Bible
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
The Emphasized Bible
But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof, - Libnah also, with her pasture lands;
Webster
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,
World English Bible
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
Youngs Literal Translation
And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,
Themes
Hebron » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, south of jerusalem » A city of refuge
Levites » Assigned to, by families
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Allotted to the priests
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Ratsach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 21:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cities Of Aaron's Descendants
12
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13 So
Cross References
Joshua 15:42
Libnah and Ether and Ashan,
Joshua 10:29
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to
Joshua 15:54
and Humtah and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
Joshua 20:7
So they
Numbers 35:6
The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the
1 Chronicles 6:56-57
Isaiah 37:8
Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against