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MOF JOS Chapter 21

21 Then the headmen of the Levites appeared before Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the headmen of the clans of Israel at Shilo in the land of Canaan, 2 pleading, “The Eternal gave orders by Moses that we were to receive towns to live in, withthe pasture-lands of the towns for our cattle.” 3 So the Israelites gave the Levites, as the Eternal had commanded, the following towns and pasture-lands out of their inheritance. 4 Thirteen towns fell by lot to the Kohathite families the sons of Aaron the priest, who were Levites, from the clan of Judah, the clan of the Simeonites, and the clan of the Benjamites. 5 The rest of the Kohathites were allotted ten towns from the septs of the clan of Ephraim, the clan of Dan, and the half clan of Manasseh. 6 The Gershonites had thirteen towns allotted to them from the septs of the clan of Issachar, the clan of Asher, the clan of Naphtali, and the half clan of Manasseh in Bashan. 7 The Merarites had twelve towns allotted to them according to their septs, from the clan of Reuben, the clan of Gad, and the clan of Zebulun. 8 These towns and their pasturelands were allotted to the Levites by the Israelites, as the Eternal had given orders by Moses. 9 The towns to be mentioned were given from the clan of Judah and the clan of Simeon 10 to the sons of Aaron, the Kohathite families, who were Levites, since the lot fell to them first. 11 They also gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba (the father of Anak) or Hebron, in the highlands of Judah, with the surrounding pasture-lands; 12 but the fields of that town and the villages were given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his property. 13 To the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron and its pasturelands, the town of refuge for the homicide, Libnah and its pasturelands, 14 Jattir and its pasture-lands, Eshtemoa and its pasture-lands, 15 Holon and its pasture-lands, Debir and its pasture-lands, 16 Ashan and its pasture-lands, Juttah and its pasture-lands, Beth-shemesh and its pasture-lands, nine towns out of these two clans; then, 17 from the clan of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasture-lands, Geba and its pasture-lands, 18 Andthoth and its pasture-lands, and Almon and its pasture-lands, four towns, 19 making thirteen towns in all with their pasture-lands for the sons of Aaron the priests.

20 The Kohathite families of the Levites, that is, the Kohathite families who were Levites, had towns allotted to them from the clan of Ephraim, 21 Shechem and its pasture-lands in the highlands of Ephraim (the town of refuge for the homicide), Gezer with its pasture-lands, 22 Kibzaim with its pasture-lands, and Bethhoron with its pasture-lands, four towns; 23 from the clan of Dan they got Elteké with its pasture-lands, Gibbethon with its pasture-lands, 24 Aijalon with its pasture-lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture-lands, four towns, 25 and from the half clan of Manasseh Taanak with its pasture-lands and Ibleam with its pasture-lands, two towns. 26 The rest of the Kohathite families thus had ten towns with their pasture-lands. 27 The Gershonites among the Levites received Golan in Bashan with its pasture-lands (the town of refuge for the homicide) from the half clan of Manasseh, and Beth-eshterah with its pasture-lands, two towns; 28 from the clan of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture-lands, Daberath with its pasture-lands, 29 Jarmuth with its pasture-lands, and Engannim with its pasture-lands, four towns; 30 from the clan of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasture-lands, 31 Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands, four towns; 32 from the clan of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture-lands (the town of refuge for the homicide), Hammoth-dor with its pasture-lands, and Kartan with its pasture-lands, three towns. 33 The Gershonite families received thirteen towns in all with their pasture-lands. 34 The Merarite families, the rest of the Levites, received from the clan of Zebulun Jokneam with its pasture-lands, Kartah with its pasture-lands, 35 Dimnah with its pasture-lands, and Nahalal with its pasture-lands, four towns; 36 from the clan of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture-lands, Jahaz with its pasture-lands, 37 Kedémoth with its pasture-lands, and Mephaath with its pasture-lands, four towns; 38 from the clan of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture-lands (the town of refuge for the homicide), Mahanaim with its pasture-lands, 39 Heshbon with its pasture-lands, and Jazer with its pasture-lands, four towns in all. 40 All the towns allotted to the Merarite families, the rest of the Levites, numbered twelve. 41 These towns of the Levites within the holdings of the Israelites numbered in all fortyeight, with their pasture-lands; every town had its own pasture-lands round it, every one. 42 Thus did the Eternal give to Israel all the land he had sworn to give to their fathers; they occupied it and settled in it, 43 and the Eternal gave them rest on every side, exactly as he had sworn to their fathers; 44 not one of their enemies could hold their own against them, for the Eternal put all their enemies into their power. 45 Not one of the good promises made by the Eternal to the house of Israel failed; all were fulfilled.

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