Joshua 21:3 - Tree of Life Version

So Bnei-Yisrael gave to the Levites from their inheritance, according to the command of Adonai, these towns and their pastures:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So the Israelites gave to the Levites out of their own inheritance, at the command of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

Common English Bible

So the Israelites gave the Levites the following cities and their pasturelands out of their own legacy. This was in agreement with the LORD’s command.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs from their possessions, in accord with the order of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions, according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.

Joshua 21:3 Cross References

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger for it was strong and their rage for it was cruel— I will disperse them in Jacob, I will scatter them in Israel.

Numbers 35:7

In all, you are to give the Levites 48 cities with their pastures.

Joshua 21:2

and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying: “Adonai commanded through Moses to give us towns to live in, with their pastures for our cattle.”

Joshua 21:4

the lot came out for the clan of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the kohen, who were of the Levites, received 13 towns by lot from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Simeon and the tribe of Benjamin.

Joshua 21:41

The total of the towns of the Levites within the holdings of Bnei-Yisrael was 48 towns with their pastures.