Joshua 21:40

All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

In Context

39Heshbon with the open land about it, Jazer with the open land about it; four cities in all.

41All the cities of the Levites — forty and eight cities with the open land about them — shall be in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel,

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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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