41 And all the cities of the Levites [a]within the possession of the children of Israel, were eight and forty with their suburbs.

42 These cities lay every one severally with their suburbs round about them: so were all these cities.

43 ¶ So the Lord gave unto Israel all the land, which he had sworn to give unto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 21:41 Thus according to Jacob’s prophecy they were scattered throughout the country, which God used to this end, that his people might be instructed in the true religion by them.

41 The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.(A) 42 Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors,(B) and they took possession(C) of it and settled there.(D)

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