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The delay in appointing to the Levites their cities arose from the nature of the arrangement which had to be made for the Levitical cities.' [8] This 'arrangement' was the fulfilment of Jacob 's prophecy in Genesis 49:5-7 - I will scatter them ( Simeon and Levi ) in Israel - which was a punishment for Simeon and Levi's massacre of the men of ...
[2] [3] Although the Levites were not counted in the census among the children of Israel, they were numbered separately as a special army. [4] Illustration of the allotment of land to the Levites (Numbers 35:4–5) Map of the territory of Benjamin. Note the area around the cities allotted to the Levites, per Numbers 35:4–5
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English: Map of the territories allotted to the "twelve tribes of Israel" according to the Book of Joshua, chapters 13–19, before the move of Dan to the North. Note that these territories were only allegedly allotted to said tribes, and the texts themselves indicate that the tribes had troubles conquering all these areas and cities from the native peoples.
The Book of Joshua lists almost 400 ancient Levantine city names (including alternative names and derivatives in the form of words describing citizens of a town) which refer to over 300 distinct locations in Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
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City of Gad (/ ɡ æ d /), [4] City destroyed at the crucifixion; City of Gadiandi (/ ˌ ɡ æ d i ˈ æ n d aɪ /), [5] City destroyed at the crucifixion; City of Gadiomnah (/ ˌ ɡ æ d i ˈ ɒ m n ə /), [6] City destroyed at the crucifixion; Gallim (/ ˈ ɡ æ l ɪ m /), [7] Probably in Benjamin, to the north of Jerusalem. Geba, Levitical ...
Kartah was a Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun assigned, according to the Hebrew Bible, to the Levites of the family of Merari (Joshua 21:34). It is identical with Kattath ( Joshua 19:15 ), and perhaps also with Kitron ( Judges 1:30 ).