Joshua 21:2

2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "¹The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle."

Joshua 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:2

And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan
Where the tabernacle was fixed, at or near which the above persons met to cast lots for the division of the land to the seven tribes that had not received their inheritance:

saying, the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to
dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle;
this command is extant in ( Numbers 35:2-8 ) .

Joshua 21:2 In-Context

1 Then the heads of households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle."

3 So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the command of the LORD .

4 Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin.

5 The rest of the sons of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 35:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "by the hand of"