Joshua 21:26

26 The towns of the families of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all, with their pasture lands.

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 its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—four towns.
25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—two towns.
26 The towns of the families of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all, with their pasture lands.
27 To the Gershonites, one of the families of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, and Beeshterah with its pasture lands—two towns.
28 Out of the tribe of Issachar: Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
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