Joshua Chapter 21

Joshua Chapter 21
1 Then came the principal fathers of the
Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto
Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the chief
fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel,
2 And 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 So the children of Israel gave unto the
Levites, out of their inheritance at the
commandment of the Lord these cities
with 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 Also 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 according to
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 So the children of Israel gave by lot
unto the Levites these cities with their
suburbs, as the Lord had 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 named.
10 And they were the children of Aaron
being of the families of the Kohathites,
and of the sons of Levi, (for theirs was
the first lot) 11 So they gave them
Kirjath-arba of the father of Anok
(which is Hebron) in the mountain of
Judah, with the suburbs of the same
round about it. 12 (But the land of the
city, and the villages thereof, gave they
to Caleb the son of Jephunneh to be his
possession)
13 Thus they gave to the children of
Aaron the priest, a city of refuge for the
slayer, even Hebron with her suburbs,
and Libnah with her suburbs, 14 And
Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa,
and her suburbs,
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and
Debir with her suburbs,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah
with her suburbs, Beth-shemesh with her
suburbs: nine cities out of those two
tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin they
gave 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
priests, were thirteen cities with their
suburbs.
20 But to the families of the children of
Kohath of the Levites, which were the
rest of the children of Kohath (for the
cities of their lot were out of the tribe of
Ephraim)
21 They gave them the city of refuge for
the slaver, Shechem with her suburbs in
mount Ephraim, 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, Gibethon 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 for the other
families of the children of Kohath were
ten with their suburbs.
27 Also unto the children of Gershon of
the families of the Levites, they gave out
of the half tribe of Manasseh, the city of
refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan
with her suburbs, 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, En-gannim
with her suburbs: four cities. 30 And out
of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her
suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
31 Helkah with her suburbs, and Rehob
with her suburbs: four cities. 32 And out
of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge
for the slayer, Kedesh in Galil with her
suburbs, and Hammoth-dor 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 Also unto the families of the children
of Merari the rest of the Levites, they
gave 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 they gave
for a city of refuge for the slayer,
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and
Mahanaim with her suburbs, 39 Heshbon
with her suburbs, and Jazer with her
suburbs: four cities in all. 40 So all the
cities of the children of Merari
according to their families (which were
the rest of the families of the Levites)
were by their lot, twelve cities. 41 And
all the cities of the Levites within the
possession of the children of Israel,
were eight and forty with their suburbs.
42 These cities lay every one severally
with their suburbs round about them: so
were all these cities.
43 So the Lord gave unto Israel all the
land, which he had sworn to give unto
their fathers: and they possessed it, and
dwelt therein.
44 Also the Lord gave them rest round
about according to all that he had sworn
unto their fathers: and there stood not a
man of all their enemies before them: for
the Lord delivered all their enemies into
their hand. 45 There failed nothing of all
the good things, which the Lord hath said
unto the house of Israel, but all came to
pass.