Verse Lens · Context pointer
Joshua 21:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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Role in This Section
Joshua 21:6 contributes this concrete line to the movement: “And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and…”.
Read It With
- Joshua 21:4–8
Read Joshua 21:6 with 21:4–8. Joshua 21:6 advances “Levite Clans Receive Their Lots” with the textual step “And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Lots distribute cities from multiple tribes among Aaronites, other Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites, establishing a dispersed Levitical pattern.
Why It Needs Context
Joshua 21:6 advances “Levite Clans Receive Their Lots” with the textual step “And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and…”. Its contribution depends on the names, boundary sequence, allotment logic, and closing qualification in Joshua 21:4-8; isolated teaching would turn one list item into a claim it does not make.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Joshua 21:4-8 — Levite Clans Receive Their LotsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Joshua 21:4-8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Joshua
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clauses, names, repeated roots, boundary formulas, covenant terms, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Josh.xml, 21:4–8
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