Joshua 21:42

42 These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus it was with all these cities.

Joshua 21:42 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:42

These cities were everyone with their suburbs round about
them
Which reached to the space of two thousand cubits on every side; and such a space was assigned to everyone of the above cities for their cattle, to keep them in and lay up provision for them:

thus [were] all their cities;
six of them cities of refuge, and forty two for the priests and Levites to dwell in, and for the commodious use of their herds and flocks.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Joshua 21:42 In-Context

40 All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.

42 These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus it was with all these cities.

43 So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.

44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand.

Joshua 21:42

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Joshua 21:42 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:42 In-Context