Joshua 21:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
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.
Webster's Revision
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
World English Bible
The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.
Clarke's Joshua 21:3 Bible Commentary
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites - They cheerfully obeyed the Divine command, and cities for habitations were appointed to them out of the different tribes by lot, that it might as fully appear that God designed them their habitations, as he designed the others their inheritances.
Wesley's Joshua 21:3 Bible Commentary
21:3 The children of Israel gave - Probably they gave the Levites promiscuously such cities as God commanded, and the lot appropriated them to their several houses or families. Out of their inheritance - That is, out of their several possessions; that the burden might be equally divided; and, that the Levites being dispersed among the several tribes, according to Jacob's prediction, Genesis 49:7 , might more easily, and effectually teach the Israelites God's law and judgments, which they were engaged to do, Deuteronomy 33:10 , and that the people might upon all occasions resort to them, and enquire the meaning of the law at their mouths.And suburbs - Not only the use, but the absolute dominion of them, as is manifest both from ver. Joshua 21:11 ,12, where a distinction is made between the city and suburbs of Hebron, and the fields and villages thereof; (the former given to the Levites, the latter to Caleb;) and from the return of these cities in the Jubilee, unto the Levites as to their proper owners, Leviticus 25:33 ,34.
