Joshua 21
1THEN the heads of the patriarchal families of the children of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Naue, and to the chiefs of the patriarchal families, of the tribes of Israel,
2and spoke to them at Selo, in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord, by the ministry of Moses, commanded to give us cities to dwell in, with the arable lands around for our cattle;
3whereupon the children of Israel gave the Levites for a possession, by the command of the Lord, the following cities with their suburbs.
4And the lot came out for the community of Kaath, and there fell by lot to the children of Aaron, the priests, who were Levites, out of the tribe of Juda, and from the tribe of Symeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities;
5and to the rest of the Kaathites out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and from half of the tribe of Manasses by lot ten cities;
6and to the Gersonites, from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Aser, and from the tribe of Nephthaleim, and from the half of the tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities;
7And to the Merarites, according to their communities, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zabulon, by lot, twelve cities. These cities, with their suburbs,
8the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord commanded Moses.
9So the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, gave, and there were given from the tribe of the children of Benjamin, the following cities which were assigned
10to the children of Aaron, of the community of Kaath, who were Levites—because the lot fell to them,
11they gave them Kariatharbok, the capital of the Enakims, which is Chebron, on the mountain of Juda. Now the suburbs around it,
12and the fields belonging to the city, and the villages thereof, Joshua had given to the children of Chaleb, son of Jephonne, for a possession;
13but to the sons of Aaron, they gave Chebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with what was set apart for it as such, and Lemma with its suburbs,
14and Ailom with its suburbs, and Tema with its suburbs,
15and Gella with its suburbs, and Dabir with its suburbs,
16and Asa with its suburbs, and Tanu with its suburbs, and Baithsamys with its suburbs, nine cities from these two tribes;
17and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon with its suburbs, and Gatheth with its suburbs,
18and Anathoth with its suburbs,
19and Gamala with its suburbs, four cities. All the cities of the children of Aaron the priests were thirteen.
20And to the communities of the Kaathites, the Levites, the rest of the Kaathites, was assigned, from the tribe of Ephraim, the city of their priests;
21and they gave them Sychem, the city of refuge for the manslayer with its appurtenances, and Gazara with its fields
22and its suburbs, and Baithoron with its suburbs, four cities;
23and from the tribe of Dan, Elkothaim with its suburbs, and Gethedan with its suburbs,
24and Ailon with its suburbs, and Getheremmon with its suburbs, four cities;
25and from the half of the tribe of Manasses, Tanach with its suburbs, and Jebatha with its suburbs, two cities.
26All the cities for the remaining communities of the Kaathites were ten, with their suburbs.
27And to the children of Gerson, the Levites, they gave out of the half of the tribe of Manasses, the city set apart for the manslayers, Gaulon in Basanitis with its suburbs, and Bosora with its suburbs, two cities;
28and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison with its suburbs, and Lebba with its suburbs,
29and Remmath with its suburbs, and Fountain of letters with its suburbs, four cities;
30and out of the tribe of Aser, Basellan with its suburbs, and Dabbon with its suburbs,
31and Chelkat with its suburbs, and Raab with its suburbs, four cities;
32and out of the tribe of Nephthaleim, Kades in Galilee, the city set apart for the slayer, with its suburbs, and Nemmath with its suburbs, and Themmon with its suburbs, three cities.
33All the cities of the Gersonites, according to their communities, were thirteen cities.
34And to the community of the Merarites, the rest of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan with its suburbs, and Kades with its suburbs,
35and Sella with its suburbs, three cities; and on the bank of the Jordan, over against Jericho,
36out of the tribe of Reuben, the city of refuge for the slayer, namely, Bosor, in the wilderness, which is called Miso with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs,
37and Dekmon with its suburbs, and Mapha with its suburbs, four cities;
38and from the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, namely, Ramoth in Galaad with its suburbs, and Kamin with its suburbs,
39and Esbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs; all the cities four. All the cities for the children of Merari, according to their communities, being the remaining families of the tribe of Levi, were twelve cities with their borders.
41All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight with the grounds appropriate to them, around these cities.
42All these cities had every one a circuit of ground around it. Now when Joshua had finished dividing the land among them by their borders, the children of Israel gave Joshua a portion, by the command of the Lord. They gave him the city which he asked. They gave him Thamnasachar on mount Ephraim, and Joshua rebuilt the city, and dwelt therein. And Joshua took the stone knives with which he had circumcised the children of Israel, who were born by the way in the wilderness, and deposited them at Thamnasachar.
43Thus the Lord gave Israel all the land which He solemnly promised to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it, and dwelt therein;
44and the Lord gave them rest round about, as He swore to their fathers. Of all their enemies not one rose up against them. The Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.
45There was not a failure of any of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel. They were all accomplished.