1 Chronicles 6:57

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“So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,”

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Read 1 Chronicles 6:57 in the flow of 1 Chronicles6 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 1 Chronicles6 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 6:57 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 35:13The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
  2. Joshua 10:29Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
  3. Joshua 15:42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
  4. Joshua 15:48These were in the hill country:
  5. Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
  6. Joshua 21:13So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
  7. Joshua 21:19In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
  8. 1 Chronicles 4:17The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

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