Joshua 21
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Joshua 21:1-4

1Then came near the headsH7218 of fathers’H1housesof the LevitesH3881 unto EleazarH499 the priestH3548, and unto JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126, and unto the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 houses of the tribesH4294 of the children of IsraelH3478; 2and they spake unto them at ShilohH7887 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667, sayingH559, Jehovah commandedH6680 by MosesH4872 to giveH5414 us citiesH5892 to dwellH3427 in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattleH929. 3And the children of IsraelH3478 gaveH5414 unto the LevitesH3881 out of their inheritanceH5159, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these citiesH5892 with their suburbs.

4And the lotH1486 came out for the familiesH4940 of the KohathitesH6956: and the children of AaronH175 the priestH3548, who wereH1961 of the LevitesH3881, had by lotH1486 out of the tribeH4294 of JudahH3063, and out of the tribeH4294 of the Simeonites, and out of the tribeH4294 of BenjaminH1144, thirteen citiesH5892.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain