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'Cities' in the Bible

and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

Verse ConceptsWhat Is This?

Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesLargenessGiantsStrong Nations

Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou give this people wholly into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

Verse ConceptsVowsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them, and their cities. And they called the name of the place Hormah.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, at Heshbon, and in all its dependent villages.

and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.

Verse ConceptsCastlesTentsDestruction Of CitiesCities Under AttackBurning Cities

And they drew near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallySheepfoldsStock Keeping

but we ourselves will go with diligence armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the strong cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityWarriors

Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, and do that which has gone out of your mouth.

Verse ConceptsCities In IsraelStock Keeping

Our little ones, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

Verse ConceptsStaying Put

And Moses gave to them, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities and territories, the cities of the land round about.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityFractions, One HalfReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-haran, strong cities, and sheepfolds.

Verse ConceptsFortified CitiesStock Keeping

and Nebo, and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities that they built.

Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.

Verse ConceptsWalls

And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesNorth, South, East And West

And among the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:

Verse ConceptsFugitivesDeath penaltyRefugeesSanctuaryManslaughterTypes Of ChristAsylumSix ThingsForties

all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.

Verse ConceptsForties

And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have much ye shall take much, and from them that have little ye shall take little; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites.

Verse ConceptsAccording To PeopleFew PeopleMany In Israel

then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

Verse ConceptsMurderRefugeManslaughterAccidental KillingsUnintentional

And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeStandingMan AvengingDeath Of A Family Member

And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.

Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

Verse ConceptsThree CitiesBeyond Jordan

For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.

Verse ConceptsManslaughterStrangersAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawUnintentionalAliens

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