Levite Towns
Comments for Study 16
Joshua 21:1-45
Memory Verse: 8
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I. The Request (21:1-8)
>1. What did the Levites do? (1)
* Joshua 21:1 "Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel"
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>What did they ask? (2)
* Joshua 21:2 "at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock."
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>What did Israel agree to do? (3)
* Joshua 21:3 "So, as the LORD had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:"
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>2. Who received the first lot and where were they assigned? (4-5)
* Joshua 21:4-5 "The first lot came out for the Kohathites, clan by clan. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.
5 The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh."
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>Who received the second lot and where were they assigned? (6)
* Joshua 21:6 "The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan."
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>Who received the third lot and where were they assigned? (7-8)
* Joshua 21:7-8 "The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun. So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses."
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>3. How does this foreshadow when Jesus comes again? (1 Peter 2:9-10; Luke 19:11-27)
* 1 Peter 2:9-10 "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
* Luke 19:11-27 "While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Put this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.' But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.' He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it. The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.' His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.' Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.' His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?' "Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.' 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!' "He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring them here and kill them in front of me.'"
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II. Within Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin (21:9-19)
>4. What cities were the Kohathite clan given in Judah and Simeon? (9-16)
* Joshua 21:9-12 "From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name
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11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
12 But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,
14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,
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16 Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands--nine towns from these two tribes. "
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>What cities were the Levites given in Judah and Simeon? (17-16)
* Joshua 21:17-19 "And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
18 Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands--four towns.
19 All the towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen, together with their pasturelands."
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III. Within Ephraim, Dan, and Manasseh (21:20-33)
>5. What cities were the Kohathite clan given in Ephraim, Dan, and Manasseh? (21-26)
* Joshua 21:20-26 "The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:
21 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,
22 Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands--four towns.
23 Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
24 Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands--four towns.
25 From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands--two towns.
26 All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans."
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>6. What cities were the Gershonites clan given in Manasseh, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali? (27-33)
* Joshua 21:27-33 "The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshtarah, together with their pasturelands--two towns;
28 from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, Daberath,
29 Jarmuth and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands--four towns;
30 from the tribe of Asher, Mishal, Abdon,
31 Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands--four towns;
32 from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands--three towns.
33 All the towns of the Gershonite clans were thirteen, together with their pasturelands."
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IV. Within the Rest (21:34-42)
>7. What cities were the Merarite clan given in Zebulun, Reuben, and Gad? (34-40)
* Joshua 21:34-40 "The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given: from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, Kartah,
35 Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands--four towns;
36 from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, Jahaz,
37 Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands--four towns;
38 from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,
39 Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands--four towns in all.
40 All the towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, were twelve."
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>8. Where the Levites allowed to keep flocks? (41-42)
* Joshua 21:41-42 "The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.
42 Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns."
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V. The Lord Gave Them Rest (21:43-45)
>9. What had the Lord done for Israel and why? (43)
* Joshua 21:43 "So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there."
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>Did anyone oppose them after they settled in the land? (44)
* Joshua 21:44 "The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD handed all their enemies over to them."
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>10. How can we see the Lord's faithfulness? (45)
* Joshua 21:45 "Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled."
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