Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.
Joshua 21:41 - New International Version (Anglicised) The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasture-lands. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the Israelites were forty-eight cities in all, with their pasturelands (suburbs). American Standard Version (1901) All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. Common English Bible This is the total of all the cities of the Levites within the property of the Israelites: forty-eight cities with their pastures. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn he would deliver to their fathers. And they possessed it, and they lived in it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers. And they possessed it and dwelt in it. |
Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.
So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and their pasture-lands.
He teaches your precepts to Jacob and your law to Israel. He offers incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasture-lands out of their own inheritance:
The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.
Each of these towns had pasture-lands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.