‏ Joshua 21

1And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and toJoshua theson of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel. 2And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandmentby Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle. 3So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of theLord the cities and the country round. 4And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests theLevites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and outof the tribe of Benjamin. 5And to the sons of Caath that were left weregiven by lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and outof the half tribe of Manasse. 6And the sons of Gedson had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of thetribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in Basan. 7And the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of thetribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon. 8And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lordcommanded Moses, by lot. 9And the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, andpart of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned 10to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell tothese. 11And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebronin the mountaincountry of Juda, and the suburbs round it. 12But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the sonof Jephonne for a possession. 13And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and thesuburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it; 14and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs; 15and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs; 16and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: ninecities from these two tribes. 17And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs; 18and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities. 19All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen. 20And to the families,even the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there wasgiven their priests' city, 21out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem,and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs; 22and Baethoron and its suburbs: four cities: 23and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs: 24and Aelon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities. 25And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs;two cities. 26In allwere given ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sonsof Caath that remained. 27AndJoshua gave to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse citiesset apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs;two cities. 28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs; 29and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities. 30And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs; 31and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities. 32And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, andits suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities. 33All the cities of Gedson according to their familieswere thirteen cities. 34And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained,he gave out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs, 35and Sella and its suburbs: three cities. 36And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refugefor the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs; and Decmon andits suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities. 37And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad,and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs; and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the citieswere four in all. 38Allthese citieswere given to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of thetribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities. 39All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel,were forty-eight cities, 40and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the cityto all these cities: and Joshua ceased dividing the land by their borders: and the children of Israelgave a portion to Joshua because of the commandment of the Lord: they gave him the city which he asked:they gave him Thamnasachar in mount Ephraim; and Joshua built the city, and lived in it: and Joshua tookthe knives of stone, wherewith he circumcised the children of Israel that were born in the desert by theway, and put them in Thamnasachar. 41So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: andthey inherited it, and lived in it. 42And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of alltheir enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands. 43There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel;all came to pass.

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