Joshua 21:1-3

International Children’s Bible

Towns for the Levites

21 The heads of the Levite families went to talk to Eleazar the priest. They also talked to Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of the families of all the tribes of Israel. ² This happened at the town of Shiloh in the land of Canaan. The heads of the Levite families said to them, “The Lord commanded Moses that you give us towns where we may live. And he commanded that you give us pastures.” ³ So the Israelites obeyed this commandment of the Lord. They gave the Levite people these towns and pastures: