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and they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan , "
The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in ,
along with their pasture lands for our cattle ."
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So by command of the LORD the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasture lands out of their inheritance .
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The lot came out for the families of the Ko '
hathites .
So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah ,
Simeon ,
and Benjamin ,
thirteen cities .
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And the rest of the Ko '
hathites received by lot from the families of the tribe of E '
phraim ,
from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manas '
seh ,
ten cities .
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The Gersonites received by lot from the families of the tribe of Is '
sachar ,
from the tribe of Asher ,
from the tribe of Naph '
tali ,
and from the half-tribe of Manas '
seh in Bashan ,
thirteen cities .
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The Merar '
ites according to their families received from the tribe of Reuben ,
the tribe of Gad ,
and the tribe of Zeb '
ulun ,
twelve cities .
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These cities and their pasture lands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites ,
as the LORD had commanded through Moses .
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Out of the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon they gave the following cities mentioned by name ,
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which went to the descendants of Aaron ,
one of the families of the Ko '
hathites who belonged to the Levites ;
since the lot fell to them first .
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They gave them Kir '
iath-ar '
ba (
Arba being the father of Anak ),
that is Hebron ,
in the hill country of Judah ,
along with the pasture lands round about it .
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But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephun '
neh as his possession .
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And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron ,
the city of refuge for the slayer ,
with its pasture lands ,
Libnah with its pasture lands ,
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Jattir with its pasture lands ,
Eshtemo '
a with its pasture lands ,
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Holon with its pasture lands ,
Debir with its pasture lands ,
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A '
in with its pasture lands ,
Juttah with its pasture lands ,
Beth-she '
mesh with its pasture lands--nine cities out of these two tribes ;
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then out of the tribe of Benjamin ,
Gibeon with its pasture lands ,
Geba with its pasture lands ,
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An '
athoth with its pasture lands ,
and Almon with its pasture lands--four cities .
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The cities of the descendants of Aaron ,
the priests ,
were in all thirteen cities with their pasture lands .
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As to the rest of the Ko '
hathites belonging to the Ko '
hathite families of the Levites ,
the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of E '
phraim .
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To them were given Shechem ,
the city of refuge for the slayer ,
with its pasture lands in the hill country of E '
phraim ,
Gezer with its pasture lands ,
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Kib '
za-im with its pasture lands ,
Beth-hor '
on with its pasture lands--four cities ;
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and out of the tribe of Dan ,
El '
teke with its pasture lands ,
Gib '
bethon with its pasture lands ,
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Ai '
jalon with its pasture lands ,
Gath-rim '
mon with its pasture lands--four cities ;
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and out of the half-tribe of Manas '
seh ,
Ta '
anach with its pasture lands ,
and Gath-rim '
mon with its pasture lands--two cities .
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The cities of the families of the rest of the Ko '
hathites were ten in all with their pasture lands .
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And to the Gershonites ,
one of the families of the Levites ,
were given out of the half-tribe of Manas '
seh ,
Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands ,
the city of refuge for the slayer ,
and Beesh '
terah with its pasture lands--two cities ;
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and out of the tribe of Is '
sachar ,
Ki '
shion with its pasture lands ,
Dab '
erath with its pasture lands ,
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Jarmuth with its pasture lands ,
En-gan '
nim with its pasture lands--four cities ;
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and out of the tribe of Asher ,
Mishal with its pasture lands ,
Abdon with its pasture lands ,
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Helkath with its pasture lands ,
and Rehob with its pasture lands--four cities ;
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and out of the tribe of Naph '
tali ,
Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands ,
the city of refuge for the slayer ,
Ham '
moth-dor with its pasture lands ,
and Kartan with its pasture lands--three cities .
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The cities of the several families of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasture lands .
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And to the rest of the Levites ,
the Merar '
ite families ,
were given out of the tribe of Zeb '
ulun ,
Jok '
ne-am with its pasture lands ,
Kartah with its pasture lands ,
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Dimnah with its pasture lands ,
Na '
halal with its pasture lands--four cities ;
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and out of the tribe of Reuben ,
Bezer with its pasture lands ,
Jahaz with its pasture lands ,
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Ked '
emoth with its pasture lands ,
and Meph '
a-ath with its pasture lands--four cities ;
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and out of the tribe of Gad ,
Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands ,
the city of refuge for the slayer ,
Mahana '
im with its pasture lands ,
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Heshbon with its pasture lands ,
Jazer with its pasture lands--four cities in all .
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As for the cities of the several Merar '
ite families ,
that is ,
the remainder of the families of the Levites ,
those allotted to them were in all twelve cities .
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The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasture lands .
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These cities had each its pasture lands round about it ;
so it was with all these cities .