Joshua 21:3

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

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In The King James Version

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

In Context

2at 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.”

4Thirteen towns fell by lot to the Kohathite families the sons of Aaron the priest, who were Levites, from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:7Accursed is their anger that it is so fierce, and their wrath because it is so cruel; I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

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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