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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joshua 21:3 Catholic Bible: So in accordance with the LORD's command the people of Israel gave the Levites certain cities and pasture lands out of their own territories. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/joshua/21-3.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/joshua/21-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" 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certain cities and pasture lands out of their own territories. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So by command of the LORD the Israelites gave to the Levites the following towns and pasture lands out of their inheritance.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/joshua/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Since the LORD had said this, the leaders of the other Israelite tribes agreed to give some of the towns and pastures from their tribal lands to Levi. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Out of their own heritage, according to the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites the following cities with their pasture lands.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/joshua/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.</p><p class="hdg">unto the Levites</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/49-7.htm">Genesis 49:7</a> Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/33-8.htm">Deuteronomy 33:8-10</a> To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54-81</a> And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/joshua/21.htm">Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl">And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.</span><span class="reftext">4</span>And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joshua/21-2.htm">Joshua 21:2</a></span><br />And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joshua/21-4.htm">Joshua 21:4</a></span><br />And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/6-64.htm">1 Chronicles 6:64</a></span><br />And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities, and their suburbs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/21-2.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/joshua/19-50.htm">Command</a> <a href="/joshua/21-2.htm">Commanded</a> <a 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