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Joshua 21:1

Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;

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;

Joshua 21:2

And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have towns for living in, with their grass-lands for our cattle.

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.

Joshua 21:3

And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

Joshua 21:4

And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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.

Joshua 21:5

The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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.

Joshua 21:6

The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.

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.

Joshua 21:7

The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.

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.

Joshua 21:8

All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.

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.

Joshua 21:9

From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:

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,

Joshua 21:10

These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

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.

Joshua 21:11

They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.

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.

Joshua 21:12

But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.

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

Joshua 21:13

And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;

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,

Joshua 21:14

And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;

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

Joshua 21:15

And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;

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

Joshua 21:16

And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.

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

Joshua 21:17

And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;

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

Joshua 21:18

Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.

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

Joshua 21:19

Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.

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

Joshua 21:20

The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

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.

Joshua 21:21

And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;

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,

Joshua 21:22

And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.

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

Joshua 21:23

And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;

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

Joshua 21:24

Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.

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

Joshua 21:25

And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.

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

Joshua 21:26

All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.

All the cities were ten with their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

Joshua 21:27

And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.

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.

Joshua 21:28

And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its suburbs, Dabareh with its suburbs,

Joshua 21:29

Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.

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

Joshua 21:30

And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:

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

Joshua 21:31

Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.

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

Joshua 21:32

And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.

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.

Joshua 21:33

All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.

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

Joshua 21:34

And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah with their grass-lands;

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,

Joshua 21:35

Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.

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

Joshua 21:36

And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;

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

Joshua 21:37

Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.

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

Joshua 21:38

And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;

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,

Joshua 21:39

Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.

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

Joshua 21:40

All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

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.

Joshua 21:41

All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.

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

Joshua 21:42

Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.

These cities were every one with their suburbs around them. Thus were all these cities.

Joshua 21:43

So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.

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.

Joshua 21:44

And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.

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.

Joshua 21:45

The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.

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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