Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
These are
Castles
Of the families
Bible References
These are
Numbers 35:1
Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho, saying,
Joshua 21:3
So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these [forty-eight] cities and their pasture lands, in accordance with the command of the Lord.
Castles
Genesis 25:16
These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their settlements, and by their encampments (sheepfolds); twelve princes (sheiks) according to their tribes.
Of the families
Joshua 21:4
The [first] lot (allotment) came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were sons (descendants) of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of Simeon and from the tribe of Benjamin.