So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the [a]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, [b]received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin.

The rest of the sons of Kohath [c]received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 21:3 Lit mouth
  2. Joshua 21:4 Lit had
  3. Joshua 21:5 Lit had