Joshua 21:40

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.

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39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

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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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