Joshua 21:41

And so all the cities of (the) Levites, in the midst of [the] possession (s) of the sons of Israel, were eight and forty (cities), with their suburbs;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

40(So) All the cities given to the sons of Merari, by their families and kindreds, were twelve (cities).

42and all (these) cities were parted by families. (and all these cities were divided up among the families.)

Read all of Joshua 21

Cross References

Genesis 49:7cursed be the strong vengeance of them, for it is obstinate, and the indignation of them, for it is hard; I shall part them in Jacob (or I shall divide them in Jacob), and I shall scatter them in Israel.

Numbers 35:7and besides these six cities, ye shall give to the deacons (or ye shall give to the Levites), (an)other two and forty cities, that is, altogether eight and forty, with their suburbs.

Joshua 21:3And the sons of Israel gave of their possessions, by commandment of the Lord, cities and the suburbs of those. (And so the Israelites gave to the Levites out of their possessions, by the command of the Lord, the following cities and their suburbs.)

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Joshua 21:41