21:1 Then
the
heads
of
the
fathers'
houses
of
the
Levites
came
to
Eleazar
the
priest
and
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
and
to
the
heads
of
the
fathers'
houses
of
the
tribes
of
the
people
of
Israel.
21:2 And
they
said
to
them
at
Shiloh
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
"The
LORD
commanded
through
Moses
that
we
be
given
cities
to
dwell
in,
along
with
their
pasturelands
for
our
livestock."
21:3 So
by
command
of
the
LORD
the
people
of
Israel
gave
to
the
Levites
the
following
cities
and
pasturelands
out
of
their
inheritance.
21:4 The
lot
came
out
for
the
clans
of
the
Kohathites.
So
those
Levites
who
were
descendants
of
Aaron
the
priest
received
by
lot
from
the
tribes
of
Judah,
Simeon,
and
Benjamin,
thirteen
cities.
21:5 And
the
rest
of
the
Kohathites
received
by
lot
from
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim,
from
the
tribe
of
Dan
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
ten
cities.
21:6 The
Gershonites
received
by
lot
from
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar,
from
the
tribe
of
Asher,
from
the
tribe
of
Naphtali,
and
from
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
in
Bashan,
thirteen
cities.
21:7 The
Merarites
according
to
their
clans
received
from
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
the
tribe
of
Gad,
and
the
tribe
of
Zebulun,
twelve
cities.
21:8 These
cities
and
their
pasturelands
the
people
of
Israel
gave
by
lot
to
the
Levites,
as
the
LORD
had
commanded
through
Moses.
21:9 Out
of
the
tribe
of
the
people
of
Judah
and
the
tribe
of
the
people
of
Simeon
they
gave
the
following
cities
mentioned
by
name,
21:10 which
went
to
the
descendants
of
Aaron,
one
of
the
clans
of
the
Kohathites
who
belonged
to
the
people
of
Levi;
since
the
lot
fell
to
them
first.
21:11 They
gave
them
Kiriath-arba
(Arba
being
the
father
of
Anak),
that
is
Hebron,
in
the
hill
country
of
Judah,
along
with
the
pasturelands
around
it.
21:12 But
the
fields
of
the
city
and
its
villages
had
been
given
to
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh
as
his
possession.
21:13 And
to
the
descendants
of
Aaron
the
priest
they
gave
Hebron,
the
city
of
refuge
for
the
manslayer,
with
its
pasturelands,
Libnah
with
its
pasturelands,
21:14 Jattir
with
its
pasturelands,
Eshtemoa
with
its
pasturelands,
21:15 Holon
with
its
pasturelands,
Debir
with
its
pasturelands,
21:16 Ain
with
its
pasturelands,
Juttah
with
its
pasturelands,
Beth-shemesh
with
its
pasturelands--nine
cities
out
of
these
two
tribes;
21:17 then
out
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
Gibeon
with
its
pasturelands,
Geba
with
its
pasturelands,
21:18 Anathoth
with
its
pasturelands,
and
Almon
with
its
pasturelands--four
cities.
21:19 The
cities
of
the
descendants
of
Aaron,
the
priests,
were
in
all
thirteen
cities
with
their
pasturelands.
21:20 As
to
the
rest
of
the
Kohathites
belonging
to
the
Kohathite
clans
of
the
Levites,
the
cities
allotted
to
them
were
out
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
21:21 To
them
were
given
Shechem,
the
city
of
refuge
for
the
manslayer,
with
its
pasturelands
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
Gezer
with
its
pasturelands,
21:22 Kibzaim
with
its
pasturelands,
Beth-horon
with
its
pasturelands--four
cities;
21:23 and
out
of
the
tribe
of
Dan,
Elteke
with
its
pasturelands,
Gibbethon
with
its
pasturelands,
21:24 Aijalon
with
its
pasturelands,
Gath-rimmon
with
its
pasturelands--four
cities;
21:25 and
out
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
Taanach
with
its
pasturelands,
and
Gath-rimmon
with
its
pasturelands--two
cities.
21:26 The
cities
of
the
clans
of
the
rest
of
the
Kohathites
were
ten
in
all
with
their
pasturelands.
21:27 And
to
the
Gershonites,
one
of
the
clans
of
the
Levites,
were
given
out
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
Golan
in
Bashan
with
its
pasturelands,
the
city
of
refuge
for
the
manslayer,
and
Beeshterah
with
its
pasturelands--two
cities;
21:28 and
out
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar,
Kishion
with
its
pasturelands,
Daberath
with
its
pasturelands,
21:29 Jarmuth
with
its
pasturelands,
En-gannim
with
its
pasturelands--four
cities;
21:30 and
out
of
the
tribe
of
Asher,
Mishal
with
its
pasturelands,
Abdon
with
its
pasturelands,
21:31 Helkath
with
its
pasturelands,
and
Rehob
with
its
pasturelands--four
cities;
21:32 and
out
of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali,
Kedesh
in
Galilee
with
its
pasturelands,
the
city
of
refuge
for
the
manslayer,
Hammoth-dor
with
its
pasturelands,
and
Kartan
with
its
pasturelands--three
cities.
21:33 The
cities
of
the
several
clans
of
the
Gershonites
were
in
all
thirteen
cities
with
their
pasturelands.
21:34 And
to
the
rest
of
the
Levites,
the
Merarite
clans,
were
given
out
of
the
tribe
of
Zebulun,
Jokneam
with
its
pasturelands,
Kartah
with
its
pasturelands,
21:35 Dimnah
with
its
pasturelands,
Nahalal
with
its
pasturelands--four
cities;
21:36 and
out
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
Bezer
with
its
pasturelands,
Jahaz
with
its
pasturelands,
21:37 Kedemoth
with
its
pasturelands,
and
Mephaath
with
its
pasturelands--four
cities;
21:38 and
out
of
the
tribe
of
Gad,
Ramoth
in
Gilead
with
its
pasturelands,
the
city
of
refuge
for
the
manslayer,
Mahanaim
with
its
pasturelands,
21:39 Heshbon
with
its
pasturelands,
Jazer
with
its
pasturelands--four
cities
in
all.
21:40 As
for
the
cities
of
the
several
Merarite
clans,
that
is,
the
remainder
of
the
clans
of
the
Levites,
those
allotted
to
them
were
in
all
twelve
cities.
21:41 The
cities
of
the
Levites
in
the
midst
of
the
possession
of
the
people
of
Israel
were
in
all
forty-eight
cities
with
their
pasturelands.
21:42 These
cities
each
had
its
pasturelands
around
it.
So
it
was
with
all
these
cities.
21:43 Thus
the
LORD
gave
to
Israel
all
the
land
that
he
swore
to
give
to
their
fathers.
And
they
took
possession
of
it,
and
they
settled
there.
21:44 And
the
LORD
gave
them
rest
on
every
side
just
as
he
had
sworn
to
their
fathers.
Not
one
of
all
their
enemies
had
withstood
them,
for
the
LORD
had
given
all
their
enemies
into
their
hands.
21:45 Not
one
word
of
all
the
good
promises
that
the
LORD
had
made
to
the
house
of
Israel
had
failed;
all
came
to
pass.