Joshua 21:41

The Levites received a total of forty-eight towns and pastures within the land of the Israelites.

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In The King James Version

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

In Context

40So in total twelve towns were allotted to the families of Merari, those remaining from the tribe of Levi.

42Each of these towns had pastures around them.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:7I curse their anger because it is too harsh; I curse their fury because it is too cruel! I will separate their descendants throughout Jacob; I will scatter them throughout Israel.

Numbers 35:7The total number of towns you are to give the Levites is forty-eight, along with their pastures.

Joshua 21:3So, following the Lord's instructions, the Israelites gave towns and pastures to the Levites from their own allocations.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:10-43

9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to… Read the whole commentary →

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