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Towns for the Levites
21:1 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;
21:2 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.
21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out
of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these
cities and their suburbs.
21:4 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.
21:5 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.
21:6 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.
21:7 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.
21:8 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.
21:9 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.
21:10 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.
21:11 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.
21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof,
gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
21:13 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,
21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her
suburbs,
21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her
suburbs,
21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her
suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out
of those two tribes.
21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her
suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her
suburbs; four cities.
21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests,
were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
21:20 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.
21:21 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,
21:22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her
suburbs; four cities.
21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her
suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her
suburbs; four cities.
21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with
her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the
families of the children of Kohath that remained.
21:27 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.
21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her
suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs;
four cities.
21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her
suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs;
four cities.
21:32 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.
21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their
families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
21:34 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,
21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs;
four cities.
21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her
suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her
suburbs; four cities.
21:38 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,
21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs;
four cities in all.
21:40 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.
21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession
of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with
their suburbs.
21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round
about them: thus were all these cities.
21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he
sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and
dwelt therein.
21:44 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.
21:45 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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