Above we have a map showing where the 48 Levitical cities were located. But remember what I’ve said before. Any map in existence from the ancient world is nothing more or less than some scholar’s best educated guess. And of course, this map is no exception. All of the indicated locations are just educated guesses at […]

 “The rest of the descendants of K’hat received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Efrayim and Dan and the half-tribe of M’nasheh.”-Joshua 21:5 The Levites were split up into three main clans. They were KOHATH, GERSHON and MERARI and the 48 Levitical cities were assigned to them in this exact order. […]

“So out of their inheritance the people of Israel gave the L’vi’im the following cities with the surrounding open land: The lot came out for the families of the K’hati. The descendants of Aharon the cohen, who were of the L’vi’im, received by lot thirteen cities from the tribes of Y’hudah, Shim‘on and Binyamin.”-Joshua 21:3-4 […]

Today we begin Joshua Chapter 21. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. Up until now we’ve been talking about the 6 Sanctuary cities which were the Levitical cities of refuge set aside for someone who had accidentally killed another person. Moving forward, here in Joshua 21, we’re […]