Joshua 21:5

5 And the rest of the Ko'hathites received by lot from the families of the tribe of E'phraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manas'seh, ten cities.

Joshua 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:5

And the rest of the children of Kohath
Which did not descend from him in the line of Amram and Aaron, but of Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, who were not priests, but Levites:

[had] by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of
the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities;
these other sort of Kohathites had their cities in tribes next to the other three where the Kohathites that were priests had theirs.

Joshua 21:5 In-Context

3 So by command of the LORD the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasture lands out of their inheritance.
4 The lot came out for the families of the Ko'hathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the Ko'hathites received by lot from the families of the tribe of E'phraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manas'seh, ten cities.
6 The Gersonites received by lot from the families of the tribe of Is'sachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naph'tali, and from the half-tribe of Manas'seh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The Merar'ites according to their families received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zeb'ulun, twelve cities.
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