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Joshua 21

Cities of the Levites

21Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.H5066H7218H1H3881H499H3548H3091H1121H5126H7218H1H4294H1121H34782And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for our livestock."H1696H7887H776H3667H559H3068H6680H3027H4872H5414H5892H3427H4054H9293So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common-lands:H1121H3478H5414H3881H5159H6310H3068H5892H40544Now the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin.H1486H3318H4940H6956H1121H175H3548H3881H1486H4294H3063H4294H8099H4294H1144H7969H6240H58925The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.H3498H1121H6955H1486H4940H4294H669H4294H1835H2677H4294H4519H6235H58926And the children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.H1121H1648H1486H4940H4294H3485H4294H836H4294H5321H2677H4294H4519H1316H7969H6240H58927The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.H1121H4847H4940H4294H7205H4294H1410H4294H2074H8147H6240H58928And the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands by lot to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses.H1121H3478H5414H1486H3881H5892H4054H3068H6680H3027H48729So they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are designated by name,H5414H4294H1121H3063H4294H1121H8095H5892H7121H803410which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first.H1121H175H4940H6956H1121H3878H7223H7223H148611And they gave them Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it.H5414H7151H704H7153H1H6061H2275H2022H3063H4054H543912But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.H7704H5892H2691H5414H3612H1121H3312H27213Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land,H5414H1121H175H3548H2275H4054H5892H4733H7523H3841H405414Jattir with its common-land, Eshtemoa with its common-land,H3492H4054H851H405415Holon with its common-land, Debir with its common-land,H2473H4054H1688H405416Ain with its common-land, Juttah with its common-land, and Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes;H5871H4054H3194H4054H1053H4054H8672H5892H8147H762617and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common-land, Geba with its common-land,H4294H1144H1391H4054H1387H405418Anathoth with its common-land, and Almon with its common-land: four cities.H6068H4054H5960H4054H702H589219All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common-lands.H5892H1121H175H3548H7969H6240H5892H405420And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.H4940H1121H6955H3881H3498H1121H6955H5892H1486H4294H66921For they gave them Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common-land,H5414H7927H4054H2022H669H5892H4733H7523H1507H405422Kibzaim with its common-land, and Beth Horon with its common-land: four cities;H6911H4054H1032H4054H702H589223and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common-land, Gibbethon with its common-land,H4294H1835H514H4054H1405H405424Aijalon with its common-land, and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: four cities;H357H4054H1667H4054H702H589225and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common-land and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: two cities.H4276H4294H4519H8590H4054H1667H4054H8147H589226All the ten cities with their common-lands were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath.H5892H6235H4054H4940H1121H6955H349827Also to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common-land: two cities;H1121H1648H4940H3881H2677H4294H4519H1474H1316H4054H5892H4733H7523H1203H4054H8147H589228and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common-land, Daberath with its common-land,H4294H3485H7191H4054H1705H405429Jarmuth with its common-land, and En Gannim with its common-land: four cities;H3412H4054H5873H4054H702H589230and from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common-land, Abdon with its common-land,H4294H836H4861H4054H5658H405431Helkath with its common-land, and Rehob with its common-land: four cities;H2520H4054H7340H4054H702H589232and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common-land, and Kartan with its common-land: three cities.H4294H5321H6943H1551H4054H5892H4733H7523H2576H4054H7178H4054H7969H589233All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their common-lands.H5892H1649H4940H7969H6240H5892H405434And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common-land, Kartah with its common-land,H4940H1121H4847H3498H3881H4294H2074H3362H4054H7177H405435Dimnah with its common-land, and Nahalal with its common-land: four cities;H1829H4054H5096H4054H702H589236and from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common-land, Jahaz with its common-land,H7205H1221H309637Kedemoth with its common-land, and Mephaath with its common-land: four cities;H6932H4158H702H589238and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land,H4294H1410H7433H1568H4054H5892H4733H7523H4266H405439Heshbon with its common-land, and Jazer with its common-land: four cities in all.H2809H4054H3270H4054H702H589240So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.H5892H1121H4847H4940H3498H4940H3881H1486H8147H6240H589241All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands.H5892H3881H8432H272H1121H3478H705H8083H5892H405442Every one of these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.H5892H5892H5892H4054H5439H5892

The Promise Fulfilled

43So the LORD gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it.H3068H5414H3478H776H7650H5414H1H3423H342744The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.H3068H5117H5439H7650H1H5975H376H341H6440H3068H5414H341H302745Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.H5307H1697H2896H1697H3068H1696H1004H3478H935


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