Scripture · Old Testament
Joshua 21:41
Joshua 21:41 is verse 41 of Joshua chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
King James Version
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
World English Bible
All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
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Joshua 21:39–43 · Berean Standard Bible
39 Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
40 In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
41 For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
42 Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
43 Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Numbers 35:1Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
Numbers 35:2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
Numbers 35:3The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
Numbers 35:4The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
Numbers 35:5You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
Numbers 35:6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
Numbers 35:7The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
Numbers 35:8The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
Deuteronomy 33:10He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.