They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “(A)The Lord commanded [a]through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle.” So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the [b]command of the Lord. Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, [c]received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 21:2 Lit by the hand of
  2. Joshua 21:3 Lit mouth
  3. Joshua 21:4 Lit had