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Forty-Eight Cities of the Levites
Then the chief fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Then the chief fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Forty-eight Cities of the Levites
Then the heads of households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
Then the heads of households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle.”
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs.
So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the command of the LORD.
And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, 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.
Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin.
And the children of Kohath that remained 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.
The rest of the sons of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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.
The sons of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
The children of Merari according to their families had by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
The sons of Merari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.
And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.
Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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 were mentioned by name,
They gave these cities which are here mentioned by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon;
and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);
and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, for the lot was theirs first.
and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.
Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands.
But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,
So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands,
and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands,
and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;
and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.
and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.
Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, [they gave cities]. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,
Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath.
and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities;
and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.
and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;
Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.
and out of half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities.
From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.
All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten.
And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of half the tribe of Manasseh, [they gave] the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs: two cities;
To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.
and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs, Dabrath and its suburbs,
From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-gannim and its suburbs: four cities;
Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities.
and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;
Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities.
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities.
From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
And to the families of the children of Merari, that remained of the Levites, [they gave] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,
To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands.
Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;
Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.
and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;
Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities.
and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.
[These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.
All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.
These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus it was with all these cities.
And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they took possession of it, and dwelt in it.
So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.
And Jehovah 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: Jehovah gave all their enemies into their hand.
And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand.