Jos. 21: Levittowns

Joshua 21:41 "The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands."

As commanded by God and promised by Moses, the Levites were to get their land, too. There were three separate clans of Levites who received land.

The Kohathites - 13 towns - From Judah/Simeon (9), and Benjamin (4)
- 10 towns - From Ephraim (4), Dan (4), and Manasseh (2)
These included the refuge cities Hebron (from Judah), and Shechem (from Ephraim). Caleb's land came from Judah/Simeon also.

The Gershonites - 13 towns - From Issachar (2), Asher (4), Naphtali (4), Manasseh (3)
These included the refuge cities Golan (from Manasseh), and Kedesh (from Naphtali)

The Merarites - 12 towns - From Reuben (4), Gad (4), and Zebulun (4)
These included the refuge cities Remoth (from Gad), and Bezer (from Reuben)

So the Levites received a total of 48 towns.

Now, at the end of chapter 21, it says the the LORD gave them all the land he had promised to their forefathers. So, apparently, the Israelites had defeated (or enslaved) any enemies that may have remained. Not one of their enemies withstood them. I guess when land is at stake, Israel would have cause to obey the covenant. SLAM! And the chapter concludes with the statement that all of God's promises had been fulfilled. God is a...man...no...God of His word. We saw the promises He made way back in the day of Abraham, and here they are...fulfilled to the letter. Pretty amazing. Israel didn't coincidentally take over these towns because they wanted to fulfill the promises themselves...there was even reluctance to take possession of this promised land. Had to be an act of God.