21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to
Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the
heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
21:2 And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,
saying, the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us
cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our cattle.
21:3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and
their suburbs.
21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites:
and the children of Aaron the priest, [who were] of the
Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the
tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen
cities.
21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath [had] by lot out of
the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of
Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
21:6 And the children of Gershon [had] by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the
half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
21:7 The children of Merari by their families [had] out of the
tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the
tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these
cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of
Moses.
21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah,
and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities
which are [here] mentioned by name,
21:10 Which the children of Aaron, [being] of the families of
the Kohathites, [who were] of the children of Levi, had: for
theirs was the first lot.
21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak
(which [city is] Hebron) in the hill-[country] of Judah, with
its suburbs round it.
21:12 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron
with its suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Libnah with its suburbs,
21:14 And Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its
suburbs,
21:15 And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
21:16 And Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs,
[and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those
two tribes.
21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs,
Geba with its suburbs,
21:18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs;
four cities.
21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests,
[were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.
21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites
who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the
cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21:21 For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount
Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer
with its suburbs,
21:22 And Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its
suburbs; four cities.
21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its suburbs,
Gibbethon with its suburbs,
21:24 Ajalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs;
four cities.
21:25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its
suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
21:26 All the cities [were] ten with their suburbs, for the
families of the children of Kohath that remained.
21:27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the
Levites, out of the [other] half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave]
Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for
the slayer, and Beesh-terah with its suburbs; two cities.
21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its suburbs,
Dabareh with its suburbs,
21:29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four
cities.
21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs,
Abdon with its suburbs,
21:31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four
cities.
21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with
its suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs;
three cities.
21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites, according to their
families, [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.
21:34 And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of
the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its
suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,
21:35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four
cities.
21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs,
and Jahazah with its suburbs,
21:37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
four cities.
21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its
suburbs [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim
with its suburbs,
21:39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four
cities in all.
21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their
families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites,
were [by] their lot twelve cities.
21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the
children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their
suburbs.
21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs around
them. Thus [were] all these cities.
21:43 And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to
give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.
21:44 And the LORD gave them rest on all sides, according to all
that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of
all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their
enemies into their hand.
21:45 There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD
had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
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