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Verse 1

Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Verse 2

and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

Verse 3

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

Verse 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 the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 8

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.

Verse 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:

Verse 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.

Verse 11

And 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 thereof round about it.

Verse 12

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Verse 13

And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

Verse 14

and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

Verse 15

and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

Verse 16

and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

Verse 17

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

Verse 18

Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

Verse 19

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

Verse 20

And 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.

Verse 21

And 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,

Verse 22

and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.

Verse 23

And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

Verse 24

Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

Verse 25

And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

Verse 26

All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

Verse 27

And unto 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.

Verse 28

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,

Verse 29

Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

Verse 30

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,

Verse 31

Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

Verse 32

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

Verse 33

All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

Verse 34

And unto 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,

Verse 35

Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.

Verse 36

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,

Verse 37

Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

Verse 38

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

Verse 39

Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

Verse 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.

Verse 41

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

Verse 42

These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

Verse 43

So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Verse 44

And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Verse 45

There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

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