Joshua 21:3

New International Reader's Version

So the Israelites gave the Levites towns and grasslands out of their own shares of land. They did what the Lord had commanded. Here are the towns the Levites were given.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

May the Lord put a curse on them because of their terrible anger. I will scatter them in Jacob’s land. I will spread them around in Israel.

Numbers 35:7

You must give the Levites a total of 48 towns. Also give them the grasslands around those towns.

Joshua 21:2

They went to all of them at Shiloh in Canaan. They said to them, “Give us towns to live in. Also give us grasslands for our livestock. That’s what the Lord commanded through Moses.”

Joshua 21:4

The first lot drawn out was for the people of Kohath, according to their family groups. Some of the Levites came from the family line of Aaron the priest. They were given 13 towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

Joshua 21:41

The total number of Levite towns and their grasslands in the territory given to Israel came to 48.