Joshua 21:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ So the Israelites obeyed this command of the Lord and gave the Levite people these towns and pastures ·for their own land [^Lfrom their own inheritance/possessions]: ⁴ The Kohath ·family groups [clans] were part of the tribe of Levi [^Cthe three sons of Levi were Kohath, Gershom, and Merari; Ex. 6:16; Num. 3:17]. Some of the Levites in the Kohath ·family groups [clans] were from the family of Aaron the priest. To these Levites were ·given [allotted; given by lot] thirteen towns in the areas of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. ⁵ The ·other family groups [^Lrest of the sons/descendants] of Kohath were given ten towns in the areas of Ephraim, Dan, and ·West [^Lthe half-tribe of] Manasseh.