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. 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.” So by command of the LORD the
people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and
pasturelands out of their inheritance.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  The Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of
Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by
lot to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

  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,
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. 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. But the fields of the city and its
villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his
possession.

  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, Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with
its pasturelands, Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its
pasturelands, Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its
pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of
these two tribes; then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with
its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, Anathoth with its
pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities. The
cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all
thirteen cities with their pasturelands.

  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. 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, Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-
horon with its pasturelands—four cities; and out of the tribe of
Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its
pasturelands—four cities; and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its
pasturelands—two cities. The cities of the clans of the rest of the
Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.

  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; and out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands—four
cities; and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its
pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, Helkath with its
pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities; 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. The
cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen
cities with their pasturelands.

  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, Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with
its pasturelands—four cities; and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer
with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands, Kedemoth with
its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities;
and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its
pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with
its pasturelands, Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its
pasturelands—four cities in all. 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.

  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. These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So
it was with all these cities.

  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. 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.
Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the
house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

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