Joshua 21:3

Amplified Bible

So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these [forty-eight] cities and their pasture lands, in accordance with the command of the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

“Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide and disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them in [the midst of the land of] Israel.

Numbers 35:7

So you shall give to the Levites forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasture lands.

Joshua 21:2

They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle.”

Joshua 21:4

The [first] lot (allotment) came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were sons (descendants) of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of Simeon and from the tribe of Benjamin.

Joshua 21:41

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the property of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.