Joshua 21:41 {39}
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So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,

within

Genesis 49:7 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.

Numbers 35:1-8 And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho: . . .

Deuteronomy 33:10 Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar.

23,000 (Nu

36:62); and it is thought by some that forty-eight cities was too great a proportion for this tribe. But it should be considered, that cities in ancient times were little more than villages.

Context
Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites
40All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve. 41So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,42With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.…
Cross References
Numbers 35:7
That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.

Joshua 21:40
All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.

Joshua 21:42
With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.

1 Chronicles 6:64
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities, and their suburbs.

Lexicon
So in all
כֹּ֚ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

there were forty-eight
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 705: Forty

cities
עָרֵ֣י (‘ā·rê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

for the Levites,
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

along with their pasturelands,
וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ (ū·miḡ·rə·šê·hen)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4054: A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea

within
בְּת֖וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

the territory
אֲחֻזַּ֣ת (’ă·ḥuz·zaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 272: Something seized, a possession

of the Israelites.
בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
So in all there were forty-eight cities for the Levites, along with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel are forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.
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