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

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God's Precise Promise Fulfilled

Commentators highlight that the 48 cities given to the Levites exactly fulfill a specific command from God given through Moses decades earlier (Numbers 35:7). This serves as powerful evidence of God's foreknowledge and absolute faithfulness to His word. What God promises, He brings to pass in precise detail.

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Joshua

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John Calvin

John Calvin

On Joshua 21:41

16th Century

Theologian

All the cities of the Levites, etc. This passage especially shows what I have already referred to more than once: that the boundaries of t…

John Gill

John Gill

On Joshua 21:41

17th Century

Pastor

All the cities of the Levites, within the possession of the
children of Israel
As com…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Joshua 21:9–42

17th Century

Minister

By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern t…