| Chapter
21 |
| 1 | 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
