All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
- BSB For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
- NKJV All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands.
- NASB All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
- NLT The total number of towns and pasturelands within Israelite territory given to the Levites came to forty-eight.
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Quick answer
Altogether the Levites received forty-eight cities with their pasturelands. It records the full extent of God's provision for the priestly tribe.
Overview
This grand total fulfills the command given through Moses in Numbers 35 that the Levites receive forty-eight cities. Scattered throughout Israel, these cities placed teachers of God's law within reach of every tribe. The fulfillment shows that God's word, once spoken, surely comes to pass.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Num 35:1–8And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- Deut 33:10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
- Gen 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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