Jos 21:8 | TNotes | STEP | 21:8 The pasturelands were grazing ground surrounding the cities. The repetition of this word throughout the list (21:8-42 ) gave the allotment the character of a legal record, guaranteeing the Levites access to lands immediately surrounding each of the Levitical cities (Num 35:4-5 ).

b21:8-42►

cNum 35:4-5►

‏ Joshua 21:8

21:8 ^a The pasturelands were grazing ground surrounding the cities. The repetition of this word throughout the list (21:8-42 ^b) gave the allotment the character of a legal record, guaranteeing the Levites access to lands immediately surrounding each of the Levitical cities (Num 35:4-5 ^c).