Cross References

Joshua 21:41

New English Translation

The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!

So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.

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

The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.

Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.