Today is the 20th day of April.

Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

I am Brian, great to be here with you today.

Today and every day.

Grateful as always to come here, kind of take a place around the global campfire,

and take another step forward as a community.

And in our own lives, we're working our way at this point through the book of Joshua.

Today, chapter 21, verse 1 through 22, verse 20. Then the leaders of the tribe of Levi came to consult with Eliezer, the priest, Joshua, son of Nun, and the leaders of the other tribes of Israel. They came to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, The Lord commanded Moses to give us towns to live in and pasture lands for our

livestock. So by the command of the Lord, the people of Israel gave the Levites the following towns and

pasture lands out of their own grants of land. The descendants of Israel gave the Levites the following towns and pasture lands out of their own

grants of land.

The descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Koetite clan within the tribe of Levi,

were allotted 13 towns that were originally assigned to the tribes of Judah, Simian,

and Benjamin. The other families of the Koetite clan were allotted ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan,

and the half tribe of Manasseh.

The clan of Gersham was allotted 13 towns from the tribes of Isikar, Asher, Navtali,

and the half tribe of Manh in Bishan.

The clan of Marari was allotted 12 towns from the tribes of Rubin, Gad, and Zebulin.

So the Israelites obeyed the Lord's command of Moses and assigned these towns and pasture lands to the Levites by casting sacred lots.

The Israelites gave the following towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon to the descendants

of Aaron, who were members of the Cotite clan within the tribe of Levi, since the sacred lot

fell to them first.

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