Joshua 21:26

26 All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons 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 with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.
25 From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.
26 All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten.
27 To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.
28 From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
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