Joshua 21
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Joshua 21:20-45

20Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the 1families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, that is, to the rest of the sons of Kohath. 21They gave them 2Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands, 22and Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities. 23And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, 24Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities. 25From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities. 26All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten.

27And 3to 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 one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities. 28And from the tribe of Issachar they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, 29Jarmuth with its pasture lands, and En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities. 30From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, 31Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities. 32And from the tribe of Naphtali, they gave 4Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. 33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

34And to the families of 5the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands, 35Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities. 36From the tribe of Reuben they gave 6Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands, 37Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities. 38And from the tribe of Gad, they gave 7Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, 8Mahanaim with its pasture lands, 39Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all. 40All 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.

419All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands. 42These cities individually had 10their surrounding pasture lands; this is how it was with all these cities.

4311So the Lord gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and 12they took possession of it and lived in it. 44And the Lord 13gave them rest on every side, in accordance with everything that He had sworn to their fathers, and 14no one of all their enemies stood before them; 15the Lord handed all their enemies over to them. 4516Not 17one of the good promises which the Lord had 18made to the house of Israel failed; everything came to pass.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 21:20 1 Chr 6:66 ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 21:21 Josh 20:7 ↩
  3. 3. Joshua 21:27 1 Chr 6:71 ↩
  4. 4. Joshua 21:32 Josh 20:7 ↩
  5. 5. Joshua 21:34 1 Chr 6:77 ↩
  6. 6. Joshua 21:36 Deut 4:43; Josh 20:8 ↩
  7. 7. Joshua 21:38 Deut 4:43; 1 Kin 4:13 ↩
  8. 8. Joshua 21:38 Gen 32:2; 2 Sam 2:8 ↩
  9. 9. Joshua 21:41 Num 35:7 ↩
  10. 10. Joshua 21:42 Lit its ↩
  11. 11. Joshua 21:43 Deut 34:4 ↩
  12. 12. Joshua 21:43 Num 33:53; Deut 11:31; 17:14 ↩
  13. 13. Joshua 21:44 Josh 1:13; 23:1 ↩
  14. 14. Joshua 21:44 Deut 7:24 ↩
  15. 15. Joshua 21:44 Ex 23:31 ↩
  16. 16. Joshua 21:45 Josh 23:14; 1 Kin 8:56 ↩
  17. 17. Joshua 21:45 Lit a word from every good word ↩
  18. 18. Joshua 21:45 Lit spoken ↩

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