A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 21 Joshua 21:1-8 _Preparation for the assignment of the Levitical cities._ Since the children of Levi did not have any land as an inheritance in Canaan, they were to be given forty-eight cities, scattered throughout the borders of the other tribes. Their inheritance was the ser... [ Continue Reading ]
_Preparation for the Assignment of the Levitical Cities Joshua 21:1-8_ Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cities Given to the Family of Aaron Joshua 21:9-19_ 9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name. 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the chil... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cities Given to the Family of Kohath Joshua 21:20-26_ 20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a cit... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cities Given to the Family of Gershon Joshua 21:27-33_ 27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. 28 And... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cities Given to the Family of Merari Joshua 21:34-40_ 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities, 36 And out of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Summary of the Assignment of the Land Joshua 21:41-45_ 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. 43 And the Lord ga... [ Continue Reading ]