Josh 21
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Then came near the heads of fathers` [houses] of the Levites to Eleazar the priest,
and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers` [houses] of the tribes
of the children of Israel;
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and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, YHWH commanded Moses
to give us cities to dwell in, with its suburbs for our cattle.
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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according
to the commandment of YHWH, these cities with their suburbs.
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And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron
the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out
of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs,
as YHWH commanded by Moses.
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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:
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and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were
of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
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And they gave them Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is
Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.
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But the fields of the city, and its villages, gave they to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh for his possession.
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And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city
of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
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and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
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and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
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and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its
suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
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Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
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All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their
suburbs.
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And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children
of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city
of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
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and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
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Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with
its suburbs; two cities.
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All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with
their suburbs.
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And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe
of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
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And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
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Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
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Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of
refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs;
three cities.
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All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities
with their suburbs.
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And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the
tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,
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Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
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Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge
for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
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Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
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All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families,
even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
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All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel
were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
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These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with
all these cities.
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So YHWH gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they
possessed it, and dwelt therein.
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And YHWH gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers:
and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; YHWH delivered all their
enemies into their hand.
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There failed not anything of any good thing which YHWH had spoken to the house of
Israel; all came to pass.