All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
In total, there were ten cities with their surrounding pasturelands given to the remaining families of Kohath's descendants.
This verse is completing the count of cities allocated to one specific group of Levites - ten cities total for the remaining Kohathite families.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Joshua, after the Israelites had conquered and settled in the Promised Land, the tribe of Levi was not allocated a territorial inheritance like the other tribes because they were dedicated to priestly duties and serving God. Instead, specific cities and their surrounding pastures were assigned to the Levite clans from the portions of other tribes to ensure they had places to live and carry out their sacred responsibilities. Joshua 21:26 specifically notes that ten cities with suburbs were given to the remaining families of the Kohathites, a subgroup of the Levites, as part of this equitable distribution.
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