Kedemoth with its common-lands, and Mephaath with its common-lands.
Parallel translations
- WEB Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
- KJV Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
- BSB Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.
- NASB Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;
- NLT Kedemoth, and Mephaath, each with its pasturelands.
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Quick answer
Two more Levitical towns east of the Jordan, Kedemoth and Mephaath, are assigned to the Levites with their surrounding pasturelands.
Overview
This continues the list of cities given to the Levites, here within the tribe of Reuben. Because the Levites received no territorial inheritance of their own, God provided scattered towns so that those who served at the sanctuary would dwell among all the tribes. This arrangement spread the worship and teaching of God throughout the land and points forward to a people set apart wholly for the Lord.
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