1. Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2. And they spoke to 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 open country thereof for our cattle.
3. And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their open country.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their open country, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
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,
10. 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.
11. And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the open country thereof round about it.
12. But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13. Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her open country, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her open country,
14. And Jattir with her open country, and Eshtemoa with her open country,
15. And Holon with her open country, and Debir with her open country,
16. And Ain with her open country, and Juttah with her open country, and Beth-shemesh with her open country; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17. And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her open country, Geba with her open country,
18. Anathoth with her open country, and Almon with her open country; four cities.
19. All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their open country.
20. 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.
21. For they gave them Shechem with her open country in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her open country,
22. And Kibzaim with her open country, and Beth-horon with her open country; four cities.
23. And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her open country, Gibbethon with her open country,
24. Aijalon with her open country, Gath-rimmon with her open country; four cities.
25. And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her open country, and Gath-rimmon with her open country; two cities.
26. All the cities were ten with their open country for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
27. 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 open country, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her open country; two cities.
28. And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her open country, Dabareh with her open country,
29. Jarmuth with her open country, En-gannim with her open country; four cities.
30. And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her open country, Abdon with her open country,
31. Helkath with her open country, and Rehob with her open country; four cities.
32. And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her open country, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her open country, and Kartan with her open country; three cities.
33. All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their open country.
34. And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her open country, and Kartah with her open country,
35. Dimnah with her open country, Nahalal with her open country; four cities.
36. And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her open country, and Jahazah with her open country,
37. Kedemoth with her open country, and Mephaath with her open country; four cities.
38. And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her open country, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her open country,
39. Heshbon with her open country, Jazer with her open country; four cities in all.
40. 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.
41. All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty eight cities with their open country.
42. These cities were every one with their open country round about them: thus were all these cities.
43. And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44. And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45. There failed not anything of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.