These verses conclude the section. The Hebrew text is quite repetitious (see Revised Standard Version); Good News Translation has reduced the number of words without omitting any information, but one may also translate “The Levites received from the other tribes of Israel a total of forty-eight cities, with the pasture lands around them.” Or “The other tribes of Israel gave to the tribe of Levi a total of forty-eight cities, with the pasture lands around them.”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Newman, Barclay M. A Handbook on Joshua. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1983. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .