within the possession] Thus according to Jacobs prophecie, they were scattered throughout the whole land, which God did to this end, That his people might be instructed by them in the true religion. fourty eight Cities] Unto Levie the half tribe are allotted more Cities then to the greater tribes: And this is, because divers Cities of other tribes are not named as the Levites are; and also, because they neded more then other tribes, in regard that they might live onely in Cities, whereas the other might live in villages and countrey houses.