So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.
- KJV So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
- BSB The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
- NASB The total number of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.
- NLT In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.
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Quick answer
In all, forty-eight cities with their pasturelands are to be given to the Levites. This is the total provision for the priestly tribe.
Overview
The sum of forty-eight cities, fulfilled in Joshua 21, shows the substantial yet dispersed provision for the Levites throughout Israel. Spread among all the tribes, these cities placed God's servants within reach of every community. The arrangement ensured both the Levites' support and the people's continual access to instruction in God's law.
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Cross-references · 2
- Josh 21:3–42The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
- 1 Chr 6:54–81Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
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