So the sons of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
- KJV And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
- BSB So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
- NKJV So the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands to the Levites.
- NLT So the people of Israel assigned all these towns and pasturelands to the Levites.
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Quick answer
The people of Israel gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands. The nation as a whole fulfilled God's command to provide for the Levites.
Overview
The Chronicler notes that all Israel participated in granting the Levites their towns, obeying the LORD's instruction through Moses. This shared provision bound the whole nation to the support of its worship and teaching. It models how God's people are to care for those who minister among them (1 Corinthians 9:13-14).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Josh 21:41–42All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
- Josh 21:3The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
- Num 35:1–8Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
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