Joshua 21:3

So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

In Context

2And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by + 21:2 Gr. the hand of Moses.Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle.

4And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities + 21:4 Gr. from.out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.

Read all of Joshua 21

Cross References

Genesis 49:7Cursed be their wrath, for it was wilful, and their anger, for it was + 49:7 more lit. hardened or aggravated.cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:8And to Levi he said, Give to Levi his manifestations, and his truth to the holy man, whom they tempted in the temptation; they reviled him at the water of strife.

1 Chronicles 6:54and Ælon and her suburbs, and Gethremmon and her suburbs:

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:2-9

The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1444.) 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; 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Joshua 21:3