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The sixth lot came out for the sons of Naphtali, even for the sons of Naphtali according to their families.

The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families.

And the border of the sons of Dan went out beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:

These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the sons of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Assign for yourselves the cities of refuge, whereof I spoke to you by Moses,

that the manslayer that kills any person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee there: and they shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from where he fled.

These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.

and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

and they were for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the sons of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs-the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim-the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

And to the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with its suburbs-the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs-the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

And from beyond the Jordan at Jericho, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the desert of the plateau with its suburbs-the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Jazer with its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs-the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.