Joshua 21:41 (KJV)

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

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within. Ge 49:7 Nu 35:1-8 De 33:10

forty.At the last census, the tribe of Levi amounted only to 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.

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