Joshua 21:20-45

20The tribe of Ephraim gave some towns to Levites from other clans of Kohath.

21They gave them Shechem, a safe city, in the hill country of Ephraim, as well as Gezer,

22Kibzaim and Beth Horon, with their fields. That was four towns.

23The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

24Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon. That was another four towns with their fields.

25The west half tribe of Manasseh gave them Taanach and Gath-Rimmon, with their fields. That was two towns.

26So these Kohathite clans received ten towns with their fields.

27The Levites from the clans of Gershon received these towns. The east half tribe of Manasseh gave them Golan in Bashan, a safe city, and Be Eshtarah. That was two towns, as well as their fields.

28The tribe of Issachar gave them Kishion, Daberath,

29Jarmuth and En Gannim, with their fields. That was another four towns.

30The tribe of Asher gave them Mishal, Abdon,

31Helkath and Rehob, with their fields. That was four more towns.

32The tribe of Naphtali gave them Kedesh in Galilee, a safe city, Hammoth Dor and Kartan, with their fields. That was three towns.

33So the clans of Gershon received 13 cities with their fields.

34The other Levites were from the clan of Merari. The tribe of Zebulun gave them Jokneam, Kartah,

35Dimnah and Nahalal. That was four towns, as well as their fields.

36The tribe of Reuben gave them Bezer, Jahaz,

37Kedemoth and Mephaath, with their fields. That was four towns.

38The tribe of Gad gave them Ramoth in Gilead, a safe city, Mahanaim,

39Heshbon and Jazer, with their fields. That was four more towns.

40So the clans of Merari received 12 towns. That was all the Levite clans.

41The Levites received 48 towns in the land of the Israelite people.

42Each of these towns had its own fields round it, for animals to eat the grass.

43That is how the Lord gave the land to all the Israelite people. He had promised their ancestors that he would give the land to them. They took it from the people who had lived there, and then they lived there themselves.

44The Lord let them live there safely, as he had promised to their ancestors. The Lord made them stronger than their enemies, so nobody could attack them.

45The Lord did all the good things that he had promised to do for the people of Israel. He did not fail to do anything that he had promised.