Joshua 21:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Since the LORD had said this, the leaders of the other Israelite tribes agreed to give some of the towns and pastures from their tribal lands to Levi.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

Now I place a curse on you because of your fierce anger. Your descendants will be scattered among the tribes of Israel.

Numbers 35:7

so they will have a total of forty-eight towns with their surrounding pastures.

Joshua 21:4

The leaders asked the LORD to show them in what order the clans of Levi would be given towns, and which towns each clan would receive. The Kohath clans were first. The descendants of Aaron, Israel's first priest, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Joshua 21:41

The people of the Levi tribe had a total of forty-eight towns within Israel, and they had pastures around each one of their towns.