1And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.
2And they spoke to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle.
3So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round.
4And the lot came out for the children of Kohath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
5And to the sons of Kohath that were left were given by lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh.
6And the sons of Gershon had thirteen cities, out 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.
7And the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
8And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot.
9And the tribe of the children of Judah, and the tribe of the children of Simeon, and part of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned
10to the sons of Aaron of the family of Kohath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.
11And they gave to them Kiriath-arba the metropolis of the sons of Anak; this is Hebron in the mountain country of Judah, and the suburbs round it.
12But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh for a possession.
13And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Libnah and the suburbs belonging to it;
14and Aelom and its suburbs; and Eshtemoa and its suburbs;
15and Holon and its suburbs; and Debir and its suburbs;
16and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.
17And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;
18and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
19All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen.
20And to the families, even the sons of Kohath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Kohath, there was given their priests’ city,
21out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer’s city of refuge, Shechem, and its suburbs, and Gezer and its appendages, and its suburbs;
22and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities:
23and of the tribe of Dan, Elteke and its suburbs; and Gibbethon and its suburbs:
24and Aijalon and its suburbs; and Gath-rimmon and its suburbs: four cities.
25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
26In all were given ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Kohath that remained.
27And Joshua gave to the sons of Gershon the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasseh cities set apart for the slayers, Golan in the country of Bashan, and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs; two cities.
28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs; and Daberath and its suburbs;
29and Jarmuth and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities.
30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs; and Abdon and its suburbs;
31and Helkath and its suburbs; and Rehob and its suburbs; four cities.
32And of the tribe of Naphtali, the city set apart for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.
33All the cities of Gershon according to their families were thirteen cities.
34And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained, he gave out of the tribe of Zebulun, Maan and its suburbs; and Kadesh and its suburbs,
35and Sella and its suburbs: three cities.
36And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Reuben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bezer in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jahaz and its suburbs;
37and Kedemoth and its suburbs; and Mephaath and its suburbs; four cities.
38And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Gilead, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs;
39and Heshbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities were four in all.
40All these cities were given to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities.
41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight cities,
42and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities:
42aand Joshua ceased dividing the land by their borders:
42band the children of Israel gave a portion to Joshua because of the commandment of the Lord: they gave him the city which he asked: they gave him Timnath-serah in Mount Ephraim;
42cand Joshua built the city, and dwelt in it:
42dand Joshua took the knives of stone, wherewith he circumcised the children of Israel that were born in the desert by the way, and put them in Timnath-serah.
43So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.
44And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he swore to their fathers: not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.
45There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass.
