21:41

For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all: This is the concluding paragraph of this chapter about the clans of Levi. The phrase For the Levites…forty-eight cities refers to all the towns named in the previous verses. They were all given to the clan of Levi to live in.

together with their pasturelands: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

with the grazing lands around them
-or-
and their grasslands

within the territory of the Israelites: The phrase within the territory of the Israelites indicates that these towns were scattered among all the lands that belonged to the Israelites.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

The towns that the clan of Levi received within the land of the people of Israel
-or-
The total number of towns that the Levi clan were given in the land that belonged to the Israel people

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