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Joshua 21 records three Levitical cities allotted to the Gershonite line within the tribe of Naphtali — Kedesh in Galilee a city of refuge Hammoth-dor on the western Sea of Galilee shore and Kartan.
Joshua 21:32 records the three Levitical cities of the tribe of Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites: "And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities." The parallel list in 1 Chronicles 6:76 gives slightly different names (Hammon for Hammoth-dor, Kiriathaim for Kartan), reflecting the variant traditions of the Levitical-city catalogs. Together with the other Gershonite holdings in Issachar, Asher, and Manasseh, the Naphtali three completed the thirteen cities of the Gershonite branch.
The Levites — the one tribe deliberately left without a territory — finally receive forty-eight cities scattered across the entire nation. It reads like an ancient spreadsheet, but the system underneath it is brilliant. And the way the chapter ends will stop you in your tracks.
1 ChroniclesThe Tribe That Carried the PresenceWhat looks like a wall of unpronounceable names is actually a blueprint for how God embedded the knowledge of himself into every corner of a nation. This chapter maps the Levite family tree — priests, worship leaders, and the forty-eight cities they were scattered across — revealing that the people holding everything together are often the ones no one thinks to put on the poster.
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