Joshua 21
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Josh 21:1
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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.
Josh 21:2
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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."
Josh 21:3
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So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the command of the LORD.
Josh 21:4
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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.
Josh 21:5
Josh 21:6
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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.
Josh 21:7
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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.
Josh 21:8
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Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Josh 21:9
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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;
Josh 21:10
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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.
Josh 21:11
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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.
Josh 21:12
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But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
Josh 21:13
Josh 21:16
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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.
Josh 21:18
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Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Josh 21:19
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All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
Josh 21:20
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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.
Josh 21:21
Josh 21:22
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and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Josh 21:24
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Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Josh 21:25
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From the half-tribe of Manasseh, {they allotted} Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.
Josh 21:26
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All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten.
Josh 21:27
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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.
Josh 21:28
Josh 21:30
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From the tribe of Asher, {they gave} Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
Josh 21:32
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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.
Josh 21:33
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All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
Josh 21:34
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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.
Josh 21:36
Josh 21:38
Josh 21:40
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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.
Josh 21:41
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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.
Josh 21:42
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These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus {it was} with all these cities.
Josh 21:43
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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.
Josh 21:44
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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.
Josh 21:45
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Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.
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