Joshua 21:26

26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

Joshua 21:26 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:26

All the cities [were] ten, with their suburbs
Four out of Ephraim, four out of Dan, and two out of the half tribe of Manasseh: which were for the families of the children of Kohath that remained:
who were of the other branch of the Kohathites, and who did not descend from Aaron, and were only Levites, and not priests; (See Gill on Joshua 21:20).

Joshua 21:26 In-Context

24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,