27 To the sons of Gershon , one of the families of the Levites , from the half-tribe e of Manasseh , they gave Golan in Bashan , the city of refuge for the manslayer , with its pasture lands , and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands ; two cities . 28 From the tribe of Issachar , they gave Kishion with its pasture lands , Daberath with its pasture lands , 29 Jarmuth with its pasture lands , En-gannim with its pasture lands ; four cities . 30 From the tribe of Asher , they gave Mishal with its pasture lands , Abdon with its pasture lands , 31 Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands ; four cities . 32 From the tribe of Naphtali , they gave Kedesh in Galilee , the city of refuge for the manslayer , with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands ; three cities . 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen e cities with their pasture lands .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 21:27-33
Commentary on Joshua 21:9-42
(Read Joshua 21:9-42)
By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities. Thus did God graciously provide for keeping up religion among them, and that they might have the word in all parts of the land. Yet, blessed be God, we have the gospel more diffused amongst us.