Joshua 21:26

26 All the cities and their pasturelands for the remaining families of the descendants of Kohath [were] ten.

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 its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands; four cities.

25 From the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands; two cities.

26 All the cities and their pasturelands for the remaining families of the descendants of Kohath [were] ten.

27 To the descendants of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, and Eshtarah and its pasturelands; two cities.

28 From the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sons"