## Rashi on Joshua Chapter 21

###### Rashi on Joshua 21:5:1
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**וְלִבְנֵי קְהָת הַנּוֹתָרִים** הֵם בְּנֵי משֶׁה וּבְנֵי יִצְהָר וְחֶבְרוֹן וְעֻזִּיאֵל.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**And the remaining descendants of Kehos.** They were the descendants of Moshe, the descendants of Yitzhar, Chevron and Uzziel.¹

footnotes:
¹ Shemos 6:18.


###### Rashi on Joshua 21:5:2
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**מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אֶפְרַיִם** מִנַּחֲלַת שֵׁבֶט בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם נָפְלוּ לָהֶם אֵלֶּה הֶעָרִים, שֶׁבְּכָל שֵׁבֶט וְשֵׁבֶט נָטְלוּ, כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר לה ח): מֵאֵת הָרַב תַּרְבּוּ וּמֵאֵת הַמְּעַט תַּמְעִיטוּ אִישׁ כְּפִי נַחֲלָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִנְחָלוּ יִתֵּן מֵעָרָיו לַלְוִיִּם.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**From the families of the tribe of Ephraim.** From the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim, these cities were alloted to them. They received cities from the portion of each tribe, as it is said: “Take more from a larger [portion], and less from a smaller [portion]; each person according to his inheritance, shall give of his cities to the *Levi’im.*²

footnotes:
² Bamidbar 35:8.


###### Rashi on Joshua 21:9:1
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**אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא אֶתְהֶן בְּשֵׁם** לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הִזְכִּיר לְמַעְלָה אֶת שְׁמוֹת הֶעָרִים שֶׁנִּתְּנוּ לָהֶם, וּלְמַטָּה הוּא מְפָרֵשׁ אֶת שְׁמוֹתָם, לְכָךְ אָמַר: אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא אֶתְהֶן בְּשֵׁם.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**That will be mentioned by name.** Since he had not mentioned earlier the names of the cities that were given to them, and he enumerates their names later, he therefore states [now], “these cities that *will* be mentioned by name.”


###### Rashi on Joshua 21:18:1
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**וְאֶת עַלְמוֹן** וּבְדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (דברי הימים א ו מה): וְאֶת עָלֶמֶת, הִיא בַּחוּרִים, שֶׁיּוֹנָתָן (שמואל ב ג טז) מְתַרְגֵּם אוֹתָהּ: עֲלָמוֹת.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**And Almon.** In Sefer Divrei haYomim it is rendered: and Olemes this is similar to Bachurim which Yonason translates as Alomos.³

footnotes:
³ Both words בַחוּרִים and עַלָמוֹת refer to youth.


###### Rashi on Joshua 21:18:2
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**אֶת מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ סְבִיבוֹתֶיהָ** אַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה לְכָל רוּחַ.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**and their open spaces around it.** Two thousand *amos* on each side.