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The Book of Joshua 21

21 And the heads of the fathers of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel. 2 And they spoke to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.” 3 And the sons of Israel gave these cities and their pasturelands to the Levites from their inheritance, according to the mouth of Yahweh. 4 And the lot went out for the clans of the Kohathites. And there were 13 cities by the lot for the sons of Aaron the priest (from the Levites) from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonite and from the tribe of Benjamin.

5 And for the remaining sons of Kohath were ten cities by the lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half of the tribe of Manasseh.

6 And for the sons of Gershon were 13 cities by the lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali and from the half of the tribe of Manasseh in the Bashan.

7 For the sons of Merari according to their clans were 12 cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun. 8 And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites by the lot these cities and their pasturelands, just as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses.

9 And they gave from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon these cities, them which were called by name. 10 And they were for the sons of Aaron from the clans of the Kohathites from the sons of Levi because the first lot was for them. 11 And they gave to them Kiriath Arba, the father of the Anak (it is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and its pasturelands around it. 12 And the field of the city and its villages they had given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

13 And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave a city of refuge of the one who kills, Hebron and its pasturelands and Libnah and its pasturelands 14 and Jattir and its pasturelands and Eshtemoa and its pasturelands 15 and Holon and its pasturelands and Debir and its pasturelands 16 and Ain and its pasturelands and Juttah and its pasturelands and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from with the two of these tribes.

17 And from the tribe of Benjamin were Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands, 18 Anathoth and its pasturelands, and Almon and its pasturelands; four cities. 19 All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were 13 cities and their pasturelands.

20 And for the clans of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, the remaining ones from the sons of Kohath, were the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim. 21 And they gave to them a city of refuge of the one who kills, Shechem and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim and Gezer and its pasturelands 22 and Kibzaim and its pasturelands and Beth Horon and its pasturelands; four cities.

23 And from the tribe of Dan were Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands, 24 Aijalon and its pasturelands, Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands; four cities.

25 And from the half of the tribe of Manasseh were Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands; two cities. 26 All the ten cities and their pasturelands were for the remaining clans of the sons of Kohath.

27 And for the sons of Gershon from the clans of the Levites, from the half of the tribe of Manasseh was a city of refuge of the one who kills, Golan in the Bashan and its pasturelands, and Be Eshterah and its pasturelands; two cities.

28 And from the tribe of Issachar were Kishion and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, 29 Jarmuth and its pasturelands, En Gannim and its pasturelands; four cities.

30 And from the tribe of Asher were Mishal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, 31 Helkath and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands; four cities.

32 And from the tribe of Naphtali were a city of refuge of the one who killed, Kedesh in the Galilee and its pasturelands and Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands and Kartan and its pasturelands; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their clans were 13 cities and their pasturelands.

34 And for the clans of the sons of Merari, the remaining Levites, from with the tribe of Zebulun were Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands, 35 Dimnah and its pasturelands, Nahalal and its pasturelands; four cities. 36 And from the tribe of Reuben were Bezer and its pasturelands and Jahaz and its pasturelands, 37 Kedemoth and its pasturelands and Mephaath and its pasturelands; four cities.

38 And from the tribe of Gad were a city of refuge of the one who killed, Ramoth in the Gilead and its pasturelands and Mahanaim and its pasturelands, 39 Heshbon and its pasturelands, Jazer and its pasturelands; all of the cities were four. 40 All the cities for the sons of Merari according to their clans, the remaining ones from the clans of the Levites, were 12 cities by their lot.

41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were 48 cities and their pasturelands. 42 These cities were city by city, and its pasturelands were around it. It was so for all these cities.

43 And Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers. And they possessed it and dwelled in it. 44 And Yahweh gave rest to them from all around, according to all that he had sworn to their fathers. And a man did not stand against their face from all their enemies. Yahweh gave all their enemies into their hand. 45 A word did not fall from every good word that Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel The whole came to be.

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