21 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; 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 12 But the fields of the city, and the
villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 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, 14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa
with her suburbs, 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir
with her suburbs, 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah
with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those
two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon
with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon
with her suburbs; four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron,
the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 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 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, 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron
with her suburbs; four cities.
23 And out of
the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon
with her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh,
Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs
for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. 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. 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon
with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with
her suburbs; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal
with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob
with her suburbs; four cities. 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. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according
to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 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, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with
her suburbs; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer
with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath
with her suburbs; four cities. 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, 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with
her suburbs; four cities in all. 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. 41 All the cities of the Levites within
the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with
their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their
suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. 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. 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. 45 There failed not ought of any good thing
which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.