Joshua Chapter 21 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Joshua 21:3

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
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BBE Joshua 21:3

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.
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DARBY Joshua 21:3

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs.
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KJV Joshua 21:3

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
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WBT Joshua 21:3

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
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WEB Joshua 21:3

The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
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YLT Joshua 21:3

And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Out of their inheritance. Out of that of Israel (see note on ver. 1). These cities. The number was forty-eight, i.e., four times twelve. Bahr ('Symbolik des Alten Testaments,' 1:221) remarks on the symbolical meaning of this number. He compares it, first, to the twelve tribes marching in four detachments, the ark of God and its guard in the centre (see Numbers 2.). Four, he says, is the number of the world, and three the sign of God, and twelve of the combination of the two. Thus we are reminded of the heavenly city which "lieth four-square," which has "twelve foundations of precious stones," "twelve gates of pearls, and at the gates twelve angels," and the names of "the twelve tribes of Israel" written thereupon, and wherein was "the tree of life," with its "twelve manner of fruits," which were "yielded every month" (Revelation 21:12, 14, 16, 19, 21; Revelation 22:2).

Ellicott's Commentary