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Joshua 21:5

Listen to Joshua 21:5
5 The rest of Kohath's descendants received 10 cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and half of the tribe of Manasseh.

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.

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Joshua 21:5 In-Context

3 So, as the LORD had instructed, Levi's descendants were given the following cities with pasturelands from the Israelites' inheritance.
4 These are the cities for the families of Kohath that were chosen by drawing lots. These descendants of the priest Aaron the Levite received 13 cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 The rest of Kohath's descendants received 10 cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
6 Gershon's descendants received 13 cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 Merari's descendants received 12 cities for their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
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