13 Kohanic cities

The 13 Kohanic Cities are the 13 cities/villages and their respective peripheral territory listed in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 21:13–21) as having been allocated by Elazar and Joshua to the kohanim (Israelite priesthood) and their families. The Kohanic cities are a sub-set of the 48 Levitical cities allocated to sections of the Tribe of Levi. As described in the Torah, since the tribe of Levi did not receive a contiguous territorial inheritance like the other tribes, Israel was commanded to give them "cities to dwell in and their surrounding pastures" from the inheritance of the other tribes.

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