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1 Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel: 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. Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel
2 And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle. 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.” 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.”
3 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs. So by command of the LORD the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance. So, as the LORD had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
4 And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 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. The first lot came out for the Kohathites, according to their clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.
5 And to the rest of the children of Caath, that is, to the Levites, who remained, out of the tribes of Ephraim, and of Dan, and the half tribe of Manasses, ten 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 rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.
6 And the lot came out to the children of Gerson, that they should take of the tribes of Issachar and of Aser and of Nephtali, and of the half tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen 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 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.
7 And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and or Cad and of Zabulon, twelve cities. The Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
8 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot. These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
9 Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Josue gave cities: whose names are these, 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, From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name
10 To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them) 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. (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):
11 The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about. 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. They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
12 But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession. But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession. But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13 He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof: and Lobna with the suburbs thereof, 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, So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,
14 And Jether and Estemo, Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15 And Holon, and Dabir, Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, Holon, Debir,
16 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs : nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said. Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes; Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae, then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
18 And Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities. Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities. Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.
19 All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs. The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands. The total number of towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.
20 And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession. 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. The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:
21 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Cater, 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, In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,
22 And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities. Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities; Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.
23 And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon, and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands, Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
24 And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities. Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities; Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.
25 And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities. and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities. From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—two towns.
26 All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree. The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands. All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
27 To the children of Gerson also of the race of Levi out of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Basan, one of the cities of refuge, and Bosra, with their suburbs, two cities. 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; 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 Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;
28 And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth, and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, Daberath,
29 And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities. Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities; Jarmuth and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands—four towns;
30 And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon, and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, from the tribe of Asher, Mishal, Abdon,
31 And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities. Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities; Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands—four towns;
32 Of the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, three 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. 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.
33 All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs. The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands. The total number of towns of the Gershonite clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.
34 And to the children of Merari, Levites of the inferior degree, by their families were given of the tribe of Zabulon, Jecnam and Cartha, 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, The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given: from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, Kartah,
35 And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs; Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities; Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands—four towns;
36 Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Miser and Jaser and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, Jahaz,
37 and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs. Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities; Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands—four towns;
38 Of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, one of the cities of refuge, and Manaim and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,
39 and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs. Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all. Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.
40 All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve. 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 total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.
41 So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight, 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. The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.
42 With their suburbs, each distributed by the families. These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities. Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.
43 And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it and dwelt in it. 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. So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.
44 And he gave them peace from all nations round about: and none of their enemies durst stand against them, but were brought under their dominion. 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. The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hands.
45 Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass. Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass. Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.
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