Joshua 21:3

New Living Translation

So by the command of the Lord the people of Israel gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own grants of land.

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

A curse on their anger, for it is fierce; a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob; I will disperse them throughout Israel.

Numbers 35:7

In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.

Joshua 21:2

They came to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us towns to live in and pasturelands for our livestock.”

Joshua 21:4

The descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, were allotted thirteen towns that were originally assigned to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Joshua 21:41

The total number of towns and pasturelands within Israelite territory given to the Levites came to forty-eight.