Joshua 21
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter Summary
Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of the other tribes, to the Levites. 43 Jehovah gave the land, and rest to the Israelites.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
The priest to whom the Levite family heads came to request their cities (v. 1).
Son of Nun, who with Eleazar oversaw the allotment of cities to the Levites (v. 1).
Son of Jephunneh, given the fields and villages around Hebron as his own possession (v. 12).
Through whom Jehovah had earlier commanded that cities be given to the Levites (vv. 2, 8).
Timeline
The heads of the Levite fathers approach Eleazar and Joshua at Shiloh, asking for cities and open lands for their livestock as commanded by Moses.
Joshua 21:1-3Lots are cast to give 48 cities and their surrounding lands to the Kohathite, Gershonite, and Merarite families from the territories of the other tribes.
Joshua 21:4-42A summary statement declaring that Jehovah gave Israel all the promised land, provided rest on every side, and that not one good word failed.
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