KJV ORIGINAL
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
In total, there were ten cities with their surrounding pasturelands given to the remaining families of Kohath's descendants.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
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
This verse concludes the distribution of cities to the Kohathite families, one of the three main divisions of the Levite tribe. The Levites were the priestly tribe of Israel who didn't receive a large territory like the other tribes, but instead were given specific cities scattered throughout the Promised Land so they could serve God and teach His law among all the people.
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