Joshua 21:26

26 So these ten towns and the pastures around them were given to the rest of the Kohathite family groups.

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. There were four towns and their pastures.

25 West Manasseh gave them Taanach and Gath Rimmon and the pastures around these two towns.

26 So these ten towns and the pastures around them were given to the rest of the Kohathite family groups.

27 The Gershonite family groups of the Levite tribe were given these towns: East Manasseh gave them Golan in Bashan, which was a city of safety, and Be Eshtarah, and the pastures around these two towns.

28 The tribe of Issachar gave them Kishion, Daberath,