Joshua Chapter 21 Back Next{21:1} Then the heads of
fathers' houses of the
Levites came near to
Eleazar the priest, and to
Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of
Israel.
{21:2} They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of
Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."
{21:3} The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
{21:4} The lot came out for the families of the
Kohathites. The children of
Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of
Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of
Benjamin.
{21:5} The rest of the children of
Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of
Manasseh.
{21:6} The children of
Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Issachar, out of the tribe of
Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan.
{21:7} The children of
Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of
Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
{21:8} The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
{21:9} 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 mentioned by name:
{21:10} and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
{21:11} They gave them
Kiriath Arba, named after the father of
Anak (the same is
Hebron), in the
hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
{21:12} But they gave the
fields of the city and its villages to
Caleb the son of
Jephunneh for his possession.
{21:13} To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the
manslayer,
Libnah with its suburbs,
{21:14}
Jattir with its suburbs,
Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
{21:15}
Holon with its suburbs,
Debir with its suburbs,
{21:16}
Ain with its suburbs,
Juttah with its suburbs, and
Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
{21:17} Out of the tribe of Benjamin,
Gibeon with its suburbs,
Geba with its suburbs,
{21:18} Anathoth with its suburbs, and
Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
{21:19} All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
{21:20} The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
{21:21} They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and
Gezer with its suburbs,
{21:22}
Kibzaim with its suburbs, and
Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.
{21:23} Out of the tribe of Dan,
Elteke with its suburbs,
Gibbethon with its suburbs,
{21:24}
Aijalon with its suburbs,
Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
{21:25} Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and
Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
{21:26} All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
{21:27} They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh
Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and
Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
{21:28} Out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kishion with its suburbs,
Daberath with its suburbs,
{21:29}
Jarmuth with its suburbs,
En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
{21:30} Out of the tribe of Asher,
Mishal with its suburbs,
Abdon with its suburbs,
{21:31}
Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
{21:32} Out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in
Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
Hammothdor with its suburbs, and
Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
{21:33} All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
{21:34} To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun,
Jokneam with its suburbs,
Kartah with its suburbs,
{21:35}
Dimnah with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
{21:36} Out of the tribe of Reuben,
Bezer with its suburbs,
Jahaz with its suburbs,
{21:37}
Kedemoth with its suburbs, and
Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
{21:38} Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and
Mahanaim with its suburbs,
{21:39}
Heshbon with its suburbs,
Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
{21:40} All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
{21:41} All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
{21:42} Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.
{21:43} So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
{21:44} Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
{21:45} Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
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