Joshua 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. 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. 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.
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.