Joshua 21:34

34 To the families of ¹the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands.

Joshua 21:34 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:34

And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of
the Levites
The descendants of the youngest son of Levi, who were all that remained of the Levites unprovided of cities: out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs;
which lay near Carmel, and was a royal city; (See Gill on Joshua 12:22); and Kartah with her suburbs;
perhaps the same with Kattath, ( Joshua 19:15 ) .

Joshua 21:34 In-Context

32 From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.

33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

34 To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands.

35 Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.

36 From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 6:77