forty and eight cities. Compare Joshua 21:11. So was Genesis 49:5; Genesis 49:7 fulfilled, that Levi should be "divided in Jacob and scattered in Israel". At first. curse, but changed to. blessing on account of Exodus 32:26; Exodus 32:29.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 35:7
Numbers 35:7
7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.