Joshua 21:18-28

18 `Anatot with its suburbs, and `Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aharon, the Kohanim, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

20 The families of the children of Kehat, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kehat, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Efrayim.

21 They gave them Shekhem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Efrayim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

22 and Kivtza`im with its suburbs, and Beit-Horon with its suburbs; four cities.

23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbeton with its suburbs,

24 Ayalon with its suburbs, Gat-Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

25 Out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh, Ta`nakh with its suburbs, and Gat-Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kehat were ten with their suburbs.

27 To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh [they gave] Galon in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be`eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

28 Out of the tribe of Yissakhar, Kishyon with its suburbs, Daverat with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:18-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 21

This chapter contains the address of the Levites to the court, to have the cities and suburbs given them according to the command of God by Moses, Jos 21:1,2; the grant of them by lot out of the several tribes, Jos 21:3-8; the particular cities out of the tribes of Judah and Simeon are mentioned by name, Jos 21:9-16; then those out of the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 21:17-19; next those out of the tribe of Ephraim, Jos 21:20-22; afterwards those out of the tribe of Dan, Jos 21:23-26; then those out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Jos 21:27; and out of the tribe of Issachar, Jos 21:28,29; and out of the tribe of Asher, Jos 21:30,31; and of Naphtali, Jos 21:32,33; and of Zebulun, Jos 21:34,35; and of Reuben, Jos 21:36,37; and of Gad, Jos 21:38-40; which in all made forty eight, Jos 21:41,42; and the chapter is concluded with observing, that God gave Israel all the land of Canaan, and rest in it, according to his promise, very faithfully and punctually, Jos 21:43-45.