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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;
02 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.
03 And the children of Israel gave unto the
Levites out of their inheritance, at the
commandment of the Lord, these cities and their
suburbs.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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,
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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.
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