Joshua 21
21:1And came forward the chief patriarchs of the sons of Levi to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the tribal chiefs of the families of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
21:2And they spoke to them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, The lord gave charge by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their outskirts for our cattle.
21:3And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheriting by the order of the lord these cities and their outskirts.
21:4And the lot came forth to the people of Kohath, and it was to the sons of Aaron, the priests, to the Levites from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin -- thirteen cities by casting lots.
21:5And to the sons of Kohath, to the ones being left from out of the kin, of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from the half tribe of Manasseh -- ten cities by casting lots.
21:6And to the sons of Gershon, from the kin of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan -- thirteen cities by casting lots.
21:7And to the sons of Merari, according to their peoples, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun -- twelve cities by casting lots.
21:8And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities and their outskirts, in which manner the lord gave charge to Moses by casting lots.
21:9And he gave the tribe of the sons of Judah, and the tribe of Simeon these cities. And they were called by name.
21:10And they became to the sons of Aaron, of the people of Kohath, of the sons of Levi; for the lot came to these first.
21:11And they gave to them Kirjath-arba, mother-city of the Anak (this is Hebron) in the mountain of Judah, and the outskirts of it round about it.
21:12But the fields of the city, and her towns Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.
21:13And to the sons of Aaron the priest he gave the city, the place of refuge for the one manslaying -- Hebron and the parts being separated with it, and Libnah and the parts being separated with it,
21:14and Jattir and the parts being separated with it, and Eshtemoa and the parts being separated with it,
21:15and Holon and the parts being separated with it, and Debir and the parts being separated with it,
21:16and Ain and the parts being separated with it, and Juttah and the parts being separated with it, and Beth-shemesh and the parts being separated with it; nine cities from these two tribes.
21:17And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and the parts being separated with it, and Geba and the parts being separated with it
21:18and Anathoth and the parts being separated with it, and Almon and the parts being separated with it; four cities.
21:19All the cities of the sons of Aaron of the priests -- thirteen cities and their outskirts.
21:20And to the peoples of the sons of Kohath, to the Levites being left behind from the sons of Kohath. And the city of their borders came from the tribe of Ephraim.
21:21And they gave to them the city of the place of refuge for the one manslaying -- Shechem and the parts being separated with it in mount Ephraim, and Gezer and the parts being separated with it,
21:22and Kibzaim and the parts being separated with it, and Beth-horon and the parts being separated with it -- four cities.
21:23And from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and the parts being separated with it, and Gibbethon and the parts being separated with it,
21:24and Aijalon and the parts being separated with it, and Gath-rimmon and the parts being separated with it -- four cities.
21:25And from the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach and the parts being separated with it, and Gath-rimmon and the parts being separated with it -- two cities.
21:26All the ten cities and the parts being separated with them to the peoples of the sons of Kohath being left behind.
21:27And to the sons of Gershon, the relatives to the Levites, the cities were from the half tribe of Manasseh, the parts being separated for the ones manslaying -- Golan in the Bashan area and the parts being separated with it, and Beeshterah and the parts being separated with it -- two cities.
21:28And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and the parts being separated with it, Dabareh and the parts being separated with it,
21:29and Jarmuth and the parts being separated with it, and Spring of Letters and the parts being separated with it -- four cities.
21:30And from out of the tribe of Asher -- Mishal and the parts being separated with it, and Abdon and the parts being separated with it,
21:31and Helkath and the parts being separated with it, and Rehob and the parts being separated with it -- four cities.
21:32And from out of the tribe of Naphtali, the cities being separated for the one manslaying -- Kedesh in Galilee and the parts being separated with it, and Hamoth-dor and the parts being separated with it, and Kartan and the parts being separated with it -- three cities.
21:33All the cities of Gershon according to their peoples -- thirteen cities and the parts being separated with them.
21:34And to the people of the sons of Merari, the Levites, to the ones remaining from the tribe of the sons of Zebulun -- Jokneam and the outskirts of it, and Kartah and the outskirts of it,
21:35and Dimnah and the outskirts of it, and Nahalal and the outskirts of it -- four cities.
21:36And cities of the Jordan of Jericho, from out of the tribe of Reuben, the city of the place of refuge of the one manslaying -- Bezer and the outskirts of it, and Jahazah and the outskirts of it,
21:37and Kedemoth and the outskirts of it, and Maphaath and the outskirts of it -- four cities.
21:38And from the tribe of Gad, the city of the place of refuge of the one manslaying -- Ramoth in Gilead and the outskirts of it, and Mahanaim and the outskirts of it;
21:39and Heshbon and the outskirts of it, and Jazer and the outskirts of it -- all the cities were four.
21:40All the cities to the sons of Merari, according to their peoples of the ones left from the tribe of Levi, and were from their borders -- twelve cities.
21:41All cities of the Levites in the midst of the possessions of the sons of Israel -- forty-eight cities,
21:42and their outskirts. Round about these cities city by city and the their outskirts round about the cities. Thus to all these cities.
21:43And the lord gave to Israel all the land which he swore by an oath to give to their fathers; and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.
21:44And the lord rested them round about in so far as he swore by an oath to their fathers. Not one rose up before them of all their enemies; the lord delivered up all their enemies into their hands.
21:45Not a word failed from all of the good words which the lord spoke to the sons of Israel; all came to pass.