Joshua Chapter 21 (NIV)

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undefined Towns for the LevitesNow the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel

undefined at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.”

undefined So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

undefined The first lot came out for the Kohathites, clan by clan. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

undefined The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.

undefined The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

undefined The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

undefined So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

undefined From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name

undefined (these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

undefined They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

undefined But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

undefined So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,

undefined Jattir, Eshtemoa,

undefined Holon, Debir,

undefined Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

undefined And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

undefined Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

undefined All the towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

undefined The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

undefined In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,

undefined Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

undefined Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

undefined Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

undefined From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—two towns.

undefined All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

undefined The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:from the half-tribe of Manasseh,Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshtarah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

undefined from the tribe of Issachar,Kishion, Daberath,

undefined Jarmuth and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

undefined from the tribe of Asher,Mishal, Abdon,

undefined Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

undefined from the tribe of Naphtali,Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns.

undefined All the towns of the Gershonite clans were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

undefined The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:from the tribe of Zebulun,Jokneam, Kartah,

undefined Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

undefined from the tribe of Reuben,Bezer, Jahaz,

undefined Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

undefined from the tribe of Gad,Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,

undefined Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.

undefined All the towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, were twelve.

undefined The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.

undefined Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

undefined So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.

undefined The Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the Lord handed all their enemies over to them.

undefined Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.

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