Verse 1
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Verse 2
And they spake unto 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 the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Verse 3
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
Verse 4
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which 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.
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 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.
Verse 8
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of 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
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.
Verse 11
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city 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
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
Verse 14
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
Verse 15
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
Verse 16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Verse 17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Verse 18
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her 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 which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Verse 21
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
Verse 22
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
Verse 23
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
Verse 24
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
Verse 25
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
Verse 26
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
Verse 27
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
Verse 28
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
Verse 29
Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
Verse 30
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
Verse 31
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
Verse 32
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her 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 her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
Verse 35
Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
Verse 36
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
Verse 37
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
Verse 38
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Verse 39
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Verse 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.
Verse 41
All the cities of the Levites within 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 were all these cities.
Verse 43
And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Verse 44
And the LORD 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; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Verse 45
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.