Joshua:21
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Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest ,
and unto Joshua the son of Nun ,
and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel ;
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And they spake unto them at Shiloh 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 .
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And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance ,
at the commandment of the LORD ,
these cities and their suburbs .
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And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites :
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 .
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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 by 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 unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs ,
as the LORD commanded by the hand of 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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Which the children of Aaron ,
being of the families of the Kohathites ,
who were of the children of Levi ,
had :
for theirs was the first lot .
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And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak ,
which city is Hebron ,
in the hill country of Judah ,
with the suburbs thereof round about it .
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But the fields of the city ,
and the villages thereof ,
gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession .
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Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs ,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer ;
and Libnah with her suburbs ,
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And Jattir with her suburbs ,
and Eshtemoa with her suburbs ,
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And Holon with her suburbs ,
and Debir with her suburbs ,
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And Ain with her suburbs ,
and Juttah with her suburbs ,
and Bethshemesh with her suburbs ;
nine cities out of those two tribes .
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And out of the tribe of Benjamin ,
Gibeon with her suburbs ,
Geba with her suburbs ,
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Anathoth with her suburbs ,
and Almon with her 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 which remained of the children of Kohath ,
even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim .
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For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim ,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer ;
and Gezer with her suburbs ,
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And Kibzaim with her suburbs ,
and Bethhoron with her suburbs ;
four cities .
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And out of the tribe of Dan ,
Eltekeh with her suburbs ,
Gibbethon with her suburbs ,
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Aijalon with her suburbs ,
Gathrimmon with her suburbs ;
four cities .
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And out of the half tribe of Manasseh ,
Tanach with her suburbs ,
and Gathrimmon with her suburbs ;
two cities .
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All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained .
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And unto the children of Gershon ,
of the families of the Levites ,
out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs ,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer ;
and Beeshterah with her suburbs ;
two cities .
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And out of the tribe of Issachar ,
Kishon with her suburbs ,
Dabareh with her suburbs ,
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Jarmuth with her suburbs ,
Engannim with her suburbs ;
four cities .
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And out of the tribe of Asher ,
Mishal with her suburbs ,
Abdon with her suburbs ,
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Helkath with her suburbs ,
and Rehob with her suburbs ;
four cities .
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali ,
Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs ,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer ;
and Hammothdor with her suburbs ,
and Kartan with her 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 unto the families of the children of Merari ,
the rest of the Levites ,
out of the tribe of Zebulun ,
Jokneam with her suburbs ,
and Kartah with her suburbs ,
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Dimnah with her suburbs ,
Nahalal with her suburbs ;
four cities .
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And out of the tribe of Reuben ,
Bezer with her suburbs ,
and Jahazah with her suburbs ,
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Kedemoth with her suburbs ,
and Mephaath with her suburbs ;
four cities .
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And out of the tribe of Gad ,
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs ,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer ;
and Mahanaim with her suburbs ,
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Heshbon with her suburbs ,
Jazer with her suburbs ;
four cities in all .
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So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families ,
which were remaining of the families of the Levites ,
were by their lot twelve cities .
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All the cities of the Levites within 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 were all these cities .
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And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers ;
and they possessed it ,
and dwelt therein .
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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 .
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There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel ;
all came to pass .