1 Then came near the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites
to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of
fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2 and
they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Yahweh commanded
Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for our cattle.
3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance,
according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
4 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 the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of
Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 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. 6 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. 7 The children of Merari according to
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. 8 The children of Israel
gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Yahweh
commanded by Moses. 9 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: 10 and they were for the children of
Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi;
for theirs was the first lot. 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, which
Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of
Judah, with the suburbs of it round about it. 12 But the fields of the
city, and the villages of it, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his
possession. 13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with
its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its
suburbs, 14 and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
15 and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs, 16 and Ain
with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with
its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 Out of the tribe of
Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs, 18 Anathoth with
its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities. 19 All the cities of
the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of
the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of
Ephraim. 21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of
Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
22 and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four
cities. 23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon
with its suburbs, 24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its
suburbs; four cities. 25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with
its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities. 26 All the
cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with
their suburbs. 27 To the children of Gershon, of the families of the
Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan
with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with
its suburbs; two cities. 28 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its
suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim
with its suburbs; four cities. 30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with
its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs, 31 Helkath with its suburbs, and
Rehob with its suburbs; four cities. 32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and
Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 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, 35 Dimnah with its suburbs,
Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. 36 Out of the tribe of Reuben,
Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with its
suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. 38 Out of the tribe
of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 39 Heshbon with its suburbs,
Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. 40 All these were the
cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest
of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. 41 All
the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of
Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were
every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these
cities. 43 So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to
their fathers; and they possessed it, and lived therein. 44 Yahweh gave
them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and
there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Yahweh delivered all
their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not anything of any good
thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
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