Then the heads of 1households
of athe Levites
approached
Eleazar
the priest
, and Joshua
the son
of Nun
, and the heads
of 1households
of the tribes
of the sons
of Israel
.
They spoke to them at Shiloh
in the land
of Canaan
, saying
, " aThe LORD
commanded
1through
Moses
to give
us cities
to live
in, with their pasture
lands
for our cattle
."
So the sons of Israel
gave
the Levites
from their inheritance
these
cities
with their pasture
lands
, according
to the 1command
of the LORD
.
Then the lot came
out for the families
of the Kohathites
. And the sons
of Aaron
the priest
, who were of the Levites
, 1received
thirteen
cities
by lot
from the tribe
of Judah
and from the tribe
of the Simeonites
and from the tribe
of Benjamin
.
The rest of the sons
of Kohath
1received ten
cities
by lot
from the families
of the tribe
of Ephraim
and from the tribe
of Dan
and from the half-tribe
of Manasseh
.
The sons of Gershon
1received thirteen
cities
by lot
from the families
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
.
The sons of Merari
according to their families
1received twelve
cities
from the tribe
of Reuben
and from the tribe
of Gad
and from the tribe
of Zebulun
.
Now the asons of Israel
gave
by lot
to the Levites
these
cities
with their pasture
lands
, as the LORD
had commanded
1through
Moses
.
They gave these
cities
which
are here mentioned
by name
from the tribe
of the sons
of Judah
and from the tribe
of the sons
of Simeon
;
and they were for the sons of Aaron
, one of the families
of the Kohathites
, of the sons
of Levi
, for the lot
was theirs
first
.
Thus athey gave them Kiriath-arba
, Arba being the bfather
of Anak
(that is, Hebron
), in the hill
country
of Judah
, with its surrounding
pasture
lands
.
But the fields of the city
and its villages
they gave
to Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
as his possession
.
So ato the sons of Aaron
the priest
they gave
bHebron
, the city
of refuge
for the manslayer
, with its pasture
lands
, and cLibnah
with its pasture
lands
,
and aJattir with its pasture
lands
and bEshtemoa
with its pasture
lands
,
and 1Holon with its pasture
lands
and aDebir
with its pasture
lands
,
and 1Ain with its pasture
lands
and aJuttah
with its pasture
lands
and bBeth-shemesh
with its pasture
lands
; nine
cities
from these
two
tribes
.
From the tribe of Benjamin
, aGibeon
with its pasture
lands
, bGeba
with its pasture
lands
,
Anathoth with its pasture
lands
and 1Almon
with its pasture
lands
; four
cities
.
All the cities
of the sons
of Aaron
, the priests
, were thirteen
cities
with their pasture
lands
.
Then the cities from the tribe
of Ephraim
were allotted
to the afamilies
of the sons
of Kohath
, the Levites
, even to the rest
of the sons
of Kohath
.
They gave them aShechem
, the city
of refuge
for the manslayer
, with its pasture
lands
, in the hill
country
of Ephraim
, and Gezer
with its pasture
lands
,
and Kibzaim with its pasture
lands
and Beth-horon
with its pasture
lands
; four
cities
.
From the tribe of Dan
, Elteke
with its pasture
lands
, Gibbethon
with its pasture
lands
,
Aijalon with its pasture
lands
, Gath-rimmon
with its pasture
lands
; four
cities
.
From the half-tribe of Manasseh
, they allotted Taanach
with its pasture
lands
and Gath-rimmon
with its pasture
lands
; two
cities
.
All the cities
with their pasture
lands
for the families
of the rest
of the sons
of Kohath
were ten
.
aTo the sons of Gershon
, one of the families
of the Levites
, from the half-tribe
of Manasseh
, they gave Golan
in Bashan
, the city
of refuge
for the manslayer
, with its pasture
lands
, and Be-eshterah
with its pasture
lands
; two
cities
.
From the tribe of Issachar
, they gave Kishion
with its pasture
lands
, Daberath
with its pasture
lands
,
Jarmuth with its pasture
lands
, En-gannim
with its pasture
lands
; four
cities
.
From the tribe of Asher
, they gave Mishal
with its pasture
lands
, Abdon
with its pasture
lands
,
Helkath with its pasture
lands
and Rehob
with its pasture
lands
; four
cities
.
From the tribe of Naphtali
, they gave aKedesh
in Galilee
, the city
of refuge
for the manslayer
, with its pasture
lands
and Hammoth-dor
with its pasture
lands
and Kartan
with its pasture
lands
; three
cities
.
All the cities
of the Gershonites
according to their families
were thirteen
cities
with their pasture
lands
.
To the families of athe sons
of Merari
, the rest
of the Levites
, they gave from the tribe
of Zebulun
, Jokneam
with its pasture
lands
and Kartah
with its pasture
lands
.
Dimnah with its pasture
lands
, Nahalal
with its pasture
lands
; four
cities
.
From the tribe of Reuben
, they gave aBezer
with its pasture
lands
and Jahaz
with its pasture
lands
,
Kedemoth with its pasture
lands
and Mephaath
with its pasture
lands
; four
cities
.
From the tribe of Gad
, they gave aRamoth
in Gilead
, the city
of refuge
for the manslayer
, with its pasture
lands
and bMahanaim
with its pasture
lands
,
Heshbon with its pasture
lands
, Jazer
with its pasture
lands
; four
cities
in all
.
All these were the cities
of the sons
of Merari
according to their families
, the rest
of the families
of the Levites
; and their lot
was twelve
cities
.
aAll the cities
of the Levites
in the midst
of the possession
of the sons
of Israel
were forty-eight
cities
with their pasture
lands
.
These cities
each
had
its surrounding
pasture
lands
; thus
it was with all
these
cities
.
aSo the LORD gave
Israel
all
the land
which
He had sworn
to give
to their fathers
, and bthey possessed
it and lived
in it.
And the LORD agave
them rest
on every
side
, according to all
that He had sworn
to their fathers
, and bno
one
of all
their enemies
stood
before
them; cthe LORD
gave
all
their enemies
into their hand
.
aNot 1one of the good
promises
which
the LORD
had 2made
to the house
of Israel
failed
; all
came
to pass
.