Joshua 21:26

26 In all, ten cities with pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of Kohath.

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, and Gath Rimmon.
25 Half of the tribe of Manasseh gave them two cities with pasturelands: Taanach and Gath Rimmon.
26 In all, ten cities with pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of Kohath.
27 They gave the families of Gershon's descendants, who were in the tribe of Levi, two cities with pasturelands from half of the tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for murderers) and Ashtaroth.
28 Four cities with pasturelands were also given to them from the tribe of Issachar: Kishion, Daberath,
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