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Joshua 21:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Joshua 21:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 21
The Levitical Cities. 1 Now the leaders of the ancestral clans of the Levites came to Eleazar, the priest, Joshua, the son of Nun, and the leaders of the ancestral tribes of the Israelites 2 at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and they said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that you give us cities in which we can live and have pastures for our cattle.”[a] 3 So the Israelites gave the Levites cities and pastures out of their own inheritance as the Lord had commanded.
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- Joshua 21:2 In order that the Levites could minister to all the Israelites (Num 35:1-8) they were given special property rights in many of the cities occupied by the different tribes, thus making it possible for the people to have ready access to their priests.
Joshua 21:1-3
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Joshua 21:1-3
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Towns for the Levites(A)
21 Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel(B) 2 at Shiloh(C) in Canaan and said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that you give us towns(D) to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.”(E) 3 So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
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