Joshua 21:2

at Shilo in the land of Canaan, pleading, “The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to receive towns to live in, with the pasture lands of the towns for our cattle.”

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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

1Then the heads of the Levites appeared before Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the tribes of Israel

3So the Israelites gave the Levites, as the Lord had commanded, the following towns and pasture lands out of their inheritance.

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Cross References

Joshua 14:5The Israelites, in dividing up the land, acted according to the orders given by the Lord to Moses.

Galatians 6:6The person, however, who is being instructed in the message ought always to share their blessings with their teacher.

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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