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The tribe of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us; yet all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel."

but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong."

You shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their heritage; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them."

So the men started on their way; and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, "Go throughout the land and write a description of it, and come back to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh."

and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord ; and there Joshua apportioned the land to the Israelites, to each a portion.

The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon, according to its families; its inheritance lay within the inheritance of the tribe of Judah.

It had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Moladah,

The inheritance of the tribe of Simeon formed part of the territory of Judah; because the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them, the tribe of Simeon obtained an inheritance within their inheritance.

The third lot came up for the tribe of Zebulun, according to its families. The boundary of its inheritance reached as far as Sarid;

The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the tribe of Issachar, according to its families.

The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its families.

The sixth lot came out for the tribe of Naphtali, for the tribe of Naphtali, according to its families.

The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan, according to its families.

By command of the Lord they gave him the town that he asked for, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim; he rebuilt the town, and settled in it.

so that anyone who kills a person without intent or by mistake may flee there; they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

These were the cities designated for all the Israelites, and for the aliens residing among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so as not to die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until there was a trial before the congregation.

they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, "The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given towns to live in, along with their pasture lands for our livestock."

The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands, Libnah with its pasture lands,