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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
12 But
the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh for his possession.
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,
14 And
Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And
Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And
Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh
with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And
out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth
with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All
the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
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.
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,
22 And
Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
23 And
out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
24 Aijalon
with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
25 And
out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with
her suburbs; two cities.
26 All
the cities were ten
with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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.
28 And
out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her
suburbs,
29 Jarmuth
with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
30 And
out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
31 Helkath
with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
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.
33 All
the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
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,
35 Dimnah
with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
36 And
out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her
suburbs,
37 Kedemoth
with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
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,
39 Heshbon
with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
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.
41 All
the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty
and eight cities with their suburbs.
42 These
cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all
these cities.
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.
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.
45 There
failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of
Israel; all came to pass.
