LEVITICAL CITIES

PROCLAMATION

“Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua … saying, ‘The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.’  And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance …”  Joshua 21:1-3 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These are the words of God which were revealed to and written by Joshua under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  The Levites were not granted land as an inheritance because their royal priesthood was their inheritance. (Joshua 14:3 and 18:7)  Instead they were given towns to live in within the lands allocated to each of the tribal clans of Israel. (Joshua 21:3)  The Levites did not inherit any land but they were give land to live on.  Chapter twenty-one list the cities which were given to the Levites from each of the tribes of Israel. (Joshua 21:3-45)

 

APPLICATION

The Lord God provided for His people, the children of Israel, all of the land that He promised to their forefathers, (Joshua 21:43) and He also provided for His servants, the Levites, the priests and men of God. (Joshua 21:3)  He kept His promises in years long past, and He still keeps His promises today.  The Bible is full of the promises of God, and not one of them has been broken.  Heaven and earth will pass away before one portion of His word is unfilled. (Matthew 5:18)  He keeps His promises, all that remains is for us to live up to our end of the bargain and keep our promises to Him.