“and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Joshua 21 contains 45 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.