Joshua 21:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ So the children of Yisra’ĕl gave to the Lĕwites from their inheritance, at the mouth of יהוה, these cities and their open land:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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 displeasure for it is fierce, and their wrath for it is cruel! I divide them in Ya‛aqoḇ and scatter them in Yisra’ĕl.

Numbers 35:7

“All the cities which you give to the Lĕwites are forty-eight, these with their open land.

Joshua 21:2

And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Kena‛an, saying, “יהוה commanded through Mosheh to give us cities to dwell in, with their open land for our livestock.”

Joshua 21:4

And the lot came out for the clans of the Qehathites. And the children of Aharon the priest, who were of the Lĕwites, had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Yehuḏah, from the tribe of Shim‛on, and from the tribe of Binyamin.

Joshua 21:41

All the cities of the Lĕwites within the possession of the children of Yisra’ĕl were forty-eight cities with their open lands.