Joshua 21

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1 The heads of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the children of Israel,
2 and 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, and their suburbs for our cattle.
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.
4 Lot came out for the families of Kohath; and went by lot to the sons of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities;
5 and other sons of Kohath by tribes tribes of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan, and the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, [went to] ten cities;
6 Gershonites - the tribe of Issachar tribe, and the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, [got to] thirteen cities;
7 the sons of Merari, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun - twelve cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

9 From the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:
10 the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, since their fate was the first,
eleven given the city of Arba the father of Anak, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, and its suburbs around it;
12 and the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
13 So the sons of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge for the killer - Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah with her,
14 Jattir and its suburbs, Eshtemoh and its suburbs,
15 Holon and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,
16 Ain and its suburbs, Jutta and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities from those two tribes;
17 and of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
18 Anathoth and its suburbs, Almon and its suburbs: four cities.
19 All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, [got] thirteen cities and their suburbs.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, by lot to them, went to the city of the tribe of Ephraim;
21 gave them the city of refuge for the killer - Shechem and its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its suburbs,
22 Kivtsaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs: four cities;
23 from the tribe of Dan: Elfeke and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
24 Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;
25 of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities.
26 All the cities with their suburbs for the families of other children of the Kohathites [went to] ten.
27 And the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites [were given] out of the half tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge for the killer - Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshteru and its suburbs: two cities;
28 of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Daberath and its suburbs,
29 Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs: four cities;
thirty of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
31 Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;
32 from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the killer - Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, Hamof-Dor and its suburbs, Karfan and its suburbs: three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families, [got] thirteen cities and their suburbs.
34 Families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, [were given] out of the tribe of Zebulun it Carth and its suburbs,
35 Dimna and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;
36 of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, Jahaz and its suburbs,
37 Kedemoth and its suburbs, Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;
38 from the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the killer - Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, Mahanaim and its suburbs,
39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.
40 All the cities of the children of Merari by their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

43 Thus the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he swore to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And the LORD gave them rest on all sides, as he hath sworn unto their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood against them; He delivered all their enemies into their hands God.
45 There failed not one word of all the good things which the Lord had spoken the house of Israel; all came to pass.

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