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Then the heads of fathers' households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of fathers' households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle."

And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, in accordance with the command of the LORD.

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord , these cities and their suburbs.

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

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

And to the rest of the sons of Kohath ten cities were given by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

And to the sons of Gershon thirteen cities were given by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

To the sons of Merari according to their families twelve cities were given from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

They gave these cities which are mentioned here by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon;

And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name.

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

Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

So they gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands.

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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

So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, Libnah with its pasture lands,

Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.

And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.

Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, that is, to the rest of the sons of Kohath.

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

They gave them Shechem, 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,

For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

and Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.

And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.

And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.

Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten.

All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

And to 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.

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

And from the tribe of Issachar they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

Jarmuth with its pasture lands, and En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities.

Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.

From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities.

Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

And from the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh 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.

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

And to the families of the 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,

And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.

Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

From the tribe of Reuben they gave Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities.

Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

And from the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.

Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

All 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.

So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

These cities individually had their surrounding pasture lands; this is how it was with all these cities.

These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.