Joshua 21:9

9 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Shim`on, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:

Joshua 21:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:9

And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah
Here follows a particular account of the several cities which were given out of each tribe, and first out of this:

and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon;
which is joined with that of Judah, because the cities of it lay within it, ( Joshua 19:1 ) ;

these cities which are [here] mentioned by name;
( Joshua 21:13-16 ) .

Joshua 21:9 In-Context

7 The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Re'uven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities.

8 The children of Yisra'el gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by Moshe.

9 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Shim`on, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:

10 and they were for the children of Aharon, of the families of the Kehati, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

11 They gave them Kiryat-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of `Anak (the same is Hevron), in the hill-country of Yehudah, with the suburbs of it round about it.