Joshua 21:11–42

¹¹They gave them Kiriath-arba^a (that is, Hebron; Arba was the father of Anak) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. ¹²But they gave the fields and settlements of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

¹³They gave to the descendants of the priest Aaron:

Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands, ¹⁴Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, ¹⁵Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, ¹⁶Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities from these two tribes.

¹⁷From the tribe of Benjamin they gave:

Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, ¹⁸Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities. ¹⁹All thirteen cities with their pasturelands were for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

CITIES OF KOHATH’S OTHER DESCENDANTS

²⁰The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath’s descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹The Israelites gave them:

Shechem,^b the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, ²²Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities.

²³From the tribe of Dan they gave:

Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands, ²⁴Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities.

²⁵From half the tribe of Manasseh they gave:

Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath-rimmon^A with its pasturelands—two cities.

²⁶All ten cities with their pasturelands were for the clans of Kohath’s other descendants.

CITIES OF GERSHON’S DESCENDANTS

²⁷From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon,^c who were one of the Levite clans:

Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities.

²⁸From the tribe of Issachar they gave:

Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, ²⁹Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities.

³⁰From the tribe of Asher they gave:

Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, ³¹Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities.

³²From the tribe of Naphtali they gave:

Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.

³³All thirteen cities with their pasturelands were for the Gershonites by their clans.

CITIES OF MERARI’S DESCENDANTS

³⁴From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari,^d who were the remaining Levites:

Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands, ³⁵Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities.

³⁶From the tribe of Reuben they gave:

Bezer^e with its pasturelands, Jahzah^B with its pasturelands, ³⁷Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities.^A

³⁸From the tribe of Gad they gave:

Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, ³⁹Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all. ⁴⁰All twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

⁴¹Within the Israelite possession there were forty-eight cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.^{a 42}Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.