10 and they were for the sons of Aaron , one of the families of the Kohathites , of the sons of Levi , for the lot was theirs first . 11 Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba , Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron ), in the hill country of Judah , with its surrounding pasture lands . 12 But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 21:10-12
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.