Joshua 21:35

“Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.”

"Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities." - Joshua 21:35
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What does Joshua 21:35 mean?

Joshua 21:35 (KJV) reads: "The fenced cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth." This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Joshua that details the allotment of cities to the Levites after the conquest of Canaan. In this particular verse, the…

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Resting in Divine Provision: The Cities of Refuge

In the book of Joshua, chapter 21, we come across a verse that may, at first glance, seem to hold little significance. Joshua 21:35 states, "Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities." What can we glean from a simple enumeration of cities? Yet, embedded in…

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A Prayer for Divine Provision and Community Blessings

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I want to take a moment to reflect on Your Word and the truth it holds. In the book of Joshua, we find the powerful declaration in Joshua 21:35 that reads, "Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities." Lord, this…

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Joshua 21:35 - "Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities."
Joshua 15:35 - "Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,"
Joshua 19:35 - "And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,"
Picture representing Numbers 21:21-35
Joshua 8:35 - "There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them."
"Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah," - Joshua 15:35
Joshua 24:21 - "And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD."
Genesis 35:21 - "¶ And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar."
"And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth," - Joshua 19:35
Joshua 10:21 - "And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel."
Joshua 21:21 - "For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,"
Luke 21:35 - "For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
Joshua 8:21 - "And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai."
Joshua 12:21 - "The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;"
Joshua 21:14 - "And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,"
Joshua 21:15 - "And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,"
"And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD." - Joshua 24:21
Joshua 11:21 - "¶ And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities."
Joshua 21:1 - "Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;"
Matthew 21:35 - "And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another."
Joshua 19:21 - "And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;"
Joshua 10:35 - "And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish."
Acts 21:35 - "And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people."
Joshua 21:31 - "Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities."
Joshua 21:37 - "Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities."
Joshua 21:18 - "Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities."
Joshua 21:22 - "And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities."
Joshua 21:28 - "And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,"
Joshua 21:30 - "And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,"