World English Bible

Joshua 21:10

“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.”

Verse in context — Joshua 21

The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.

They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:

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.

They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Israel conquers and settles the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership.