Where Saint and Sinner Meet
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Joshua 21:13-22. Let’s go!
Joshua 21:13-22 (NIV)
13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,
14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15 Holon, Debir,
16 Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands–nine towns from these two tribes.
17 And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
18 Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands–four towns.
19 All the towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.
20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:
21 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,
22 Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands–four towns.
On verses 13-22: These verses continue to describe the towns given to the Kohathite division of the Levites, starting with the descendants of Aaron (v13-19) and then moving onto to the rest of the Kohathites (v20-22). Notice that these Levites are given two cities of refuge, Hebron (v13) and Shechem (v21). As discussed in Joshua 20, cities of refuge were towns where a person accused of murder could flee to for safety until he received a fair trial.

