JOSHUA—NOTE ON Joshua 21:1 In Numbers 35:1, the LORD commanded through Moses that 48 cities (including the six cities of refuge) be assigned to the Levites. Taking cities and their pasturelands from each of the tribes would scatter the Levites throughout the whole of Israel (see Genesis 49:7) so that they could fulfill their duties of teaching the Israelites. They were grouped by their relation to one of Levi’s three sons (see Genesis 46:11). The Kohathites (Joshua 21:4), from whom Aaron and his line descended (Exodus 6:16), received cities in the center and the south. The Gershonites (Joshua 21:6) and Merarites (v. Joshua 21:7) received cities in the north and east.

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