יהושע, פרק כ״א, פסוק כ׳

The ongoing distribution of land to the tribe of Levi shifts its attention to a specific branch of the family. The focus turns entirely to the members of the Kohath family who were not designated as priests. To clearly separate them from their priestly relatives, they are identified simply as the remaining members of the family.

This specific group was granted their settlements from within the territory that had been inherited by the tribe of Ephraim [ביאור שטיינזלץ]. When documenting the assignment of these locations, historical records present a dual perspective on how the land was defined. The primary account describes them as cities assigned through a lottery system, while parallel historical records emphasize that these settlements were firmly established by their physical borders [מנחת שי].