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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.
The Towns Given to the Levites
Then the leaders of the tribe of Levi came to consult with Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the other tribes of Israel.
Then the leaders of the tribe of Levi came to consult with Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the other tribes of Israel.
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.”
They came to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us towns to live in and pasturelands for our livestock.”
So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the command of the LORD.
So by the command of the LORD the people of Israel gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own grants of land.
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.
The descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, were allotted thirteen towns that were originally assigned to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
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.
The other families of the Kohathite clan were allotted ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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 clan of Gershon was allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
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.
The clan of Merari was allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
So the Israelites obeyed the LORD’s command to Moses and assigned these towns and pasturelands to the Levites by casting sacred lots.
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;
The Israelites gave the following towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon
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.
to the descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, since the sacred lot fell to them first:
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.
Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
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,
The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah,
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.
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh — nine towns from these two tribes.
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba,
Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Anathoth, and Almon — four towns.
All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
So in all, thirteen towns with their pasturelands were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
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.
The rest of the Kohathite clan from the tribe of Levi was allotted the following towns and pasturelands from the tribe of Ephraim:
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,
Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,
and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Kibzaim, and Beth-horon — four towns.
From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
The following towns and pasturelands were allotted to the priests from the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon — four towns.
From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.
The half-tribe of Manasseh allotted the following towns with their pasturelands to the priests: Taanach and Gath-rimmon — two towns.
All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten.
So in all, ten towns with their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clan.
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.
The descendants of Gershon, another clan within the tribe of Levi, received the following towns with their pasturelands from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone) and Be-eshterah — two towns.
From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
From the tribe of Issachar they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Kishion, Daberath,
Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities.
Jarmuth, and En-gannim — four towns.
From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
From the tribe of Asher they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Mishal, Abdon,
Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities.
Helkath, and Rehob — four towns.
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.
From the tribe of Naphtali they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan — three towns.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
So in all, thirteen towns with their pasturelands were allotted to the clan of Gershon.
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.
The rest of the Levites — the Merari clan — were given the following towns with their pasturelands from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,
Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.
Dimnah, and Nahalal — four towns.
From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities.
Kedemoth, and Mephaath — four towns.
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,
From the tribe of Gad they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Mahanaim,
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.
Heshbon, and Jazer — four towns.
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.
So in all, twelve towns were allotted to the clan of Merari.
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.
The total number of towns and pasturelands within Israelite territory given to the Levites came to forty-eight.
These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus it was with all these cities.
Every one of these towns had pasturelands surrounding 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.
So the LORD gave to Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.
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.
And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had solemnly promised their ancestors. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD helped them conquer all their enemies.