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41 The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites[a] forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas. 42 Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.[b]

43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors,[c] and they conquered[d] it and lived in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 21:41 tn Heb “in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel.”
  2. Joshua 21:42 tn Heb “these cities were city [by] city, and its grazing areas [were] around it; so [it was] for all these cities.”
  3. Joshua 21:43 tn Heb “which he had sworn to give to their fathers.”
  4. Joshua 21:43 tn Or “possessed.”