NET Bible
"So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed."
— Joshua 21:3, NET Bible
“And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.”
“And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs. ”
“The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.”
“And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.”
“And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.”
“And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.”
Levitical Cities The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders
in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”
So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed.
The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.