Josué 21:41

41 Y todas la villas de los levitas en medio de la posesión de los hijos de Israel, fueron cuarenta y ocho villas con sus ejidos

Josué 21:41 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:41

All the cities of the Levites, within the possession of the
children of Israel
As comprised in one sum total:

[were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs;
which is just the number that Moses from the mouth of God ordered to be given unto them, before they entered into the land, and before they were in possession of one city in it, ( Numbers 35:7 ) ; which, as it is a proof of the omniscience, prescience, and predetermination of God; so of the sure and true prediction of Moses, who could not be otherwise certain than from the Lord of the Israelites being able to give so many cities to them, out of each of their tribes: and it is to be observed, that this tribe of Levi, though it had no share in the division of the land, yet had more cities by lot given to it than any other, excepting the tribe of Judah; though indeed, in the account of some of the tribes, all the cities in them are not mentioned; and besides, they had only the cities they had with their suburbs round about them, but not the lands belonging to them, nor the villages; however this shows that a large and liberal maintenance of the ministers of the Lord, that serve in his sanctuary should be allowed and made for them, as in the legal, so under the Gospel dispensation

Josué 21:41 In-Context

39 Hesbón con sus ejidos, y Jazer con sus ejidos: cuatro villas

40 Todas las villas de los hijos de Merari por sus familias, que restaban de las familias de los levitas, fueron por sus suertes doce villas

41 Y todas la villas de los levitas en medio de la posesión de los hijos de Israel, fueron cuarenta y ocho villas con sus ejidos

42 Y estas ciudades estaban apartadas la una de la otra cada cual con sus ejidos alrededor de ellas; lo cual fue en todas estas ciudades

43 Así dio el SEÑOR a Israel toda la tierra que había jurado dar a sus padres; y la poseyeron, y habitaron en ella