Joshua 21:2

at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel

3So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

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Cross References

Joshua 14:5So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.

Ezekiel 48:9The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.

Galatians 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

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 →

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