Joshua 21:4

New English Translation

The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:39

Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph, son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

Exodus 6:16

Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.)

Exodus 6:20

Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram’s life was 137 years.)

Numbers 3:27

From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

Joshua 21:3

So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.

Joshua 21:5

The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 24:33

Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land.