Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Joshua 21:41 - New Revised Standard Version The towns of the Levites within the holdings of the Israelites were in all forty-eight towns 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, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
So the people of Israel gave the Levites the towns with their pasture lands.
They teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law; they place incense before you, and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
So by command of the Lord the Israelites gave to the Levites the following towns and pasture lands out of their inheritance.
As for the towns of the several Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the families of the Levites, those allotted to them were twelve in all.
Each of these towns had its pasture lands around it; so it was with all these towns.