Joshua 21:3

Good News Translation

So in accordance with the Lord's command the people of Israel gave the Levites certain cities and pasture lands out of their own territories.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

A curse be on their anger, because it is so fierce, And on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.

Numbers 35:7

with their pasture land, making a total of forty-eight.

Joshua 21:2

There at Shiloh in the land of Canaan they said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we were to be given cities to live in, as well as pasture land around them for our livestock.”

Joshua 21:4

The families of the Levite clan of Kohath were the first to be assigned cities. The families who were descended from Aaron the priest were assigned thirteen cities from the territories of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Joshua 21:41

From the land that the people of Israel possessed, a total of forty-eight cities, with the pasture lands around them, was given to the Levites.