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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 ;
Now
the family
heads of the Levites approached
Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other
tribes of Israel
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
.
at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and
said
to
them
, “
The LORD commanded through
Moses that
we
be
given
cities in which
to
live
, together
with pasturelands
for our livestock
. ”
And
the children
of Israel
gave
unto
the Levites
out
of
their
inheritance
, at
the commandment
of
the LORD,
these cities and their suburbs.
So
by
the command
of the LORD
, the Israelites
gave
the Levites
these cities and their pasturelands
out
of
their
own
inheritance:
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
.
The first
lot came out for the Kohathite
clans.
The Levites
who
were
descendants
of Aaron the priest received
thirteen
cities
by lot from
the tribes
of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
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
.
The remaining
descendants
of Kohath received
ten
cities
by lot from
the tribes
of Ephraim, Dan, and the half -
tribe of Manasseh.
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
.
The descendants
of Gershon received
thirteen
cities
by lot from
the tribes
of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half -
tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
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
.
And
the descendants
of Merari received
twelve
cities
from
the tribes
of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
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.
So
the Israelites
allotted
to
the Levites these cities ,
together
with their pasturelands
, as the LORD had
commanded through
Moses.
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 .
From
the tribes
of Judah and Simeon, they
designated
these cities by name
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 .
to
the descendants
of Aaron from
the Kohathite
clans
of the Levites
, because
the first lot fell
to
them:
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
.
They gave them Kiriath-
arba (that
is ,
Hebron )
, with
its
surrounding
pasturelands,
in the hill country of Judah .
(Arba
was
the father
of
Anak
. )
But the fields of
the
city,
and the
villages thereof,
gave
they
to Caleb the
son of Jephunneh for
his possession.
But they
had
given
the fields and villages around
the
city
to Caleb son of Jephunneh as
his possession.
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
,
So
to the descendants
of Aaron the priest they
gave
these
cities,
together
with their
pasturelands:
Hebron
, a city of refuge for the manslayer,
Libnah,
And
Jattir with
her
suburbs
, and
Eshtemoa with
her
suburbs
,
Jattir, Eshtemoa,
And
Holon with
her
suburbs
, and
Debir with
her
suburbs
,
Holon, Debir,
And
Ain with
her
suburbs
, and
Juttah with
her
suburbs
, and Bethshemesh
with
her
suburbs;
nine cities out
of
those
two tribes.
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—
nine cities from
these
two tribes ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
And out
of
the tribe of Benjamin ,
Gibeon with
her
suburbs
, Geba with
her
suburbs
,
And from
the tribe of Benjamin they
gave
them
Gibeon, Geba,
Anathoth with
her
suburbs
, and Almon with
her
suburbs;
four cities.
Anathoth, and Almon —
four cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
All the
cities
of
the
children
of
Aaron
, the
priests,
were
thirteen cities with their suburbs
.
In
all, thirteen cities ,
together
with their pasturelands,
were
given
to
the
priests,
the
descendants
of
Aaron
.
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 .
The remaining
Kohathite
clans
of the Levites were
allotted
these
cities :
From
the tribe of Ephraim
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
,
they were
given
Shechem in the
hill
country
of
Ephraim (
a city of refuge for the manslayer),
Gezer,
And
Kibzaim with
her
suburbs
, and Bethhoron
with
her
suburbs;
four cities.
Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—
four cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
And
out
of
the tribe of Dan ,
Eltekeh
with
her
suburbs
, Gibbethon with
her
suburbs
,
From
the tribe of Dan they
were
given
Elteke
, Gibbethon,
Aijalon with
her
suburbs
, Gathrimmon
with
her
suburbs;
four cities.
Aijalon, and
Gath-rimmon—
four cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
And out
of
the half tribe of Manasseh ,
Tanach
with
her
suburbs,
and Gathrimmon
with
her
suburbs;
two cities.
And from
the half -
tribe of Manasseh they
were
given
Taanach
and Gath-rimmon—
two cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
All the
cities
were
ten with their suburbs
for
the families
of the children
of
Kohath
that
remained
.
In
all ,
ten cities,
together
with their pasturelands,
were
given
to
the rest
of the Kohathite
clans
.
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.
This
is
what
the Levite
clans
of the Gershonites
were
given:
From
the half -
tribe of Manasseh they were
given
Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer,
and Beeshterah —
two cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
And
out
of
the tribe of Issachar ,
Kishon
with
her
suburbs
, Dabareh
with
her
suburbs
,
From
the tribe of Issachar they
were
given
Kishion
, Daberath
,
Jarmuth with
her
suburbs
, Engannim
with
her
suburbs;
four cities.
Jarmuth, and
En-gannim—
four cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
And
out
of
the tribe of Asher ,
Mishal with
her
suburbs
, Abdon with
her
suburbs
,
From
the tribe of Asher they
were
given
Mishal, Abdon,
Helkath with
her
suburbs
, and Rehob with
her
suburbs;
four cities.
Helkath, and Rehob —
four cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
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.
And from
the tribe of Naphtali they
were
given
Kedesh in Galilee (
a city of refuge for the manslayer)
, Hammoth-dor,
and Kartan —
three cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
All the
cities
of
the
Gershonites
according
to
their
families
were
thirteen cities with their suburbs
.
In
all ,
thirteen cities ,
together
with their pasturelands,
were
given
to
the
Gershonite
clans
.
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
,
This
is
what
the Merarite
clan
(
the rest of the Levites )
were
given:
From
the tribe of Zebulun they
were
given
Jokneam, Kartah,
Dimnah with
her
suburbs
, Nahalal with
her
suburbs;
four cities.
Dimnah, and
Nahalal —
four cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
And
out
of
the tribe of Reuben ,
Bezer with
her
suburbs
, and
Jahazah
with
her
suburbs
,
From
the tribe of Reuben they
were
given
Bezer, Jahaz
,
Kedemoth with
her
suburbs
, and Mephaath with
her
suburbs;
four cities.
Kedemoth, and Mephaath —
four cities ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
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
,
And from
the tribe of Gad they
were
given
Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer,
Mahanaim,
Heshbon with
her
suburbs
, Jazer with
her
suburbs;
four cities in all.
Heshbon, and
Jazer —
four cities in all ,
together
with
their
pasturelands
.
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
.
In
all ,
twelve
cities were
allotted
to
the clans
of Merari, the remaining
Levite
clans
.
All
the
cities
of
the Levites within
the
possession
of
the
children
of
Israel
were forty and
eight cities with their suburbs
.
For
the Levites ,
then,
there
were forty -
eight cities in
all,
together
with their pasturelands,
within
the
territory
of
the
Israelites
.
These cities were
every
one
with
their
suburbs
round
about
them:
thus
were
all these
cities.
Each
of
these cities had
its
own
surrounding
pasturelands;
this
was
true
for
all the
cities.
And
the LORD gave unto
Israel all the land which
he sware
to give unto
their fathers ;
and they possessed
it ,
and dwelt
therein
.
Thus
the LORD gave Israel all the land He had
sworn
to give their fathers ,
and they took
possession
of
it and settled
in
it
.
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.
And the LORD gave them rest on
every
side
, just
as
He had
sworn
to
their fathers .
None
of their enemies could
stand
against
them ,
for
the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
There
failed
not ought
of any
good
thing
which
the LORD
had
spoken
unto
the house of Israel; all
came
to
pass
.
Not one
of all
the LORD’s
good
promises
to
the house of Israel had
failed
; everything
was
fulfilled
.
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