Joshua 21:41 - Easy To Read Version

⁴¹ So the Levites got a total of 48 towns and some land around each town for their animals. All these towns were in areas that belonged to the other family groups.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴¹ The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the Israelites were forty-eight cities in all, with their pasturelands (suburbs).

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴¹ This is the total of all the cities of the Levites within the property of the Israelites: forty-eight cities with their pastures.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴¹ And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn he would deliver to their fathers. And they possessed it, and they lived in it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴¹ And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers. And they possessed it and dwelt in it.

Joshua 21:41 Cross References

Genesis 49:7

Their anger is a curse. It is too strong. They are too cruel when they are mad. They will not get their own land in the land of Jacob. They will be spread throughout Israel.”

1 Chronicles 6:64

So the Israelite people gave those towns and fields to the Levite people.

Deuteronomy 33:10

They will teach your rules to Jacob [222] They will teach your Law to Israel. They will burn incense [223] before you. They will offer burnt offerings on your altar.

Joshua 21:3

So the people of Israel obeyed this command from the Lord. They gave the Levite people these towns and the land around them for their animals:

Joshua 21:40

In all, the last family of Levites, the Merari family, got twelve towns.

Joshua 21:42

Each of these towns had some land in it for their animals. That was true for every town.