All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. Thirteen cities with their suburbs - At the time mentioned here certainly thirteen cities were too large a proportion for the priests, as they and their families amounted to a very small number: but this ample provision was made in reference to their great increase in after times, when they formed twenty-four courses, as in the days of David.
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Joshua 21:19
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.