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Joshua 21:5

Listen to Joshua 21:5
5 The other family groups of Kohath were given ten towns in the areas of Ephraim, Dan, and West 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 the Israelites obeyed this command of the Lord and gave the Levite people these towns and pastures for their own land:
4 The Kohath family groups were part of the tribe of Levi. Some of the Levites in the Kohath family groups were from the family of Aaron the priest. To these Levites were given thirteen towns in the areas of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 The other family groups of Kohath were given ten towns in the areas of Ephraim, Dan, and West Manasseh.
6 The people from the Gershon family groups were given thirteen towns in the land of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the East Manasseh in Bashan.
7 The family groups of Merari were given twelve towns in the areas of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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