The Book of Joshua

Jos 21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto E-lea´-zar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Jos 21:2 And they spake unto them at Shi´-loh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

Jos 21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

Jos 21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Ko´-hath-ites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Jos 21:5 And the rest of the children of Ko´-hath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of E´-phra-im, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Ma-nas´-seh, ten cities.

Jos 21:6 And the children of Ger´-shon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Is´-sa-char, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph´ta-li, and out of the half tribe of Manas´-seh in Ba´-shan, thirteen cities.

Jos 21:7 The children of Me-ra´-ri by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zeb´-u-lun, twelve cities.

Jos 21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

Jos 21:9 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,

Jos 21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Ko´-hath-ites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

Jos 21:11 And they gave them the city of Ar´-ba the father of A´-nak, which city is He´-bron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

Jos 21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Je-phun´-neh for his possession.

Jos 21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest He´-bron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Lib´-nah with her suburbs,

Jos 21:14 And Jat´-tir with her suburbs, and Esh-te-mo´-a with her suburbs,

Jos 21:15 And Ho´-lon with her suburbs, and De´-bir with her suburbs,

Jos 21:16 And A´-in with her suburbs, and Jut´-tah with her suburbs, and Beth–she´-mesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

Jos 21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gib´-e-on with her suburbs, Ge´-ba with her suburbs,

Jos 21:18 An´-a-thoth with her suburbs, and Al´-mon with her suburbs; four cities.

Jos 21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

Jos 21:20 And the families of the children of Ko´-hath, the Levites which remained of the children of Ko´-hath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of E´-phra-im.

Jos 21:21 For they gave them She´-chem with her suburbs in mount E´-phraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Ge´-zer with her suburbs,

Jos 21:22 And Kib´-za-im with her suburbs, and Beth–ho´-ron with her suburbs; four cities.

Jos 21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El´te-keh with her suburbs, Gib´-be-thon with her suburbs,

Jos 21:24 Ai´-ja-lon with her suburbs, Gath–rim´-mon with her suburbs; four cities.

Jos 21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manas´-seh, Ta´-nach with her suburbs, and Gath–rim´-mon with her suburbs; two cities.

Jos 21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Ko´-hath that remained.

Jos 21:27 And unto the children of Ger´shon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Ma-nas´-seh they gave Go´-lan in Ba´-shan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Be-esh´–te-rah with her suburbs; two cities.

Jos 21:28 And out of the tribe of Is´-sachar, Ki´-shon with her suburbs, Dab´a-reh with her suburbs,

Jos 21:29 Jar´-muth with her suburbs, En–gan´-nim with her suburbs; four cities.

Jos 21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mi´-shal with her suburbs, Ab´-don with her suburbs,

Jos 21:31 Hel´-kath with her suburbs, and Re´-hob with her suburbs; four cities.

Jos 21:32 And out of the tribe of Naph´ta-li, Ke´-desh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Ham´-moth–dor with her suburbs, and Kar´-tan with her suburbs; three cities.

Jos 21:33 All the cities of the Ger´-shonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

Jos 21:34 And unto the families of the children of Me-ra´-ri, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zeb´-u-lun, Jok´-ne-am with her suburbs, and Kar´-tah with her suburbs,

Jos 21:35 Dim´-nah with her suburbs, Na´ha-lal with her suburbs; four cities.

Jos 21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Be´-zer with her suburbs, and Ja´-hazah with her suburbs,

Jos 21:37 Ked´-e-moth with her suburbs, and Meph´-a-ath with her suburbs; four cities.

Jos 21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra´moth in Gil´-e-ad with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Ma-ha-na´-im with her suburbs,

Jos 21:39 Hesh´-bon with her suburbs, Ja´-zer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

Jos 21:40 So all the cities for the children of Me-ra´-ri by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

Jos 21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

Jos 21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

Jos 21:43 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which He sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Jos 21:44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that He sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Jos 21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.