Joshua 21:2–40

²and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle. ³And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs. ⁴And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, 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. ⁵And the children of Kohath that remained 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. ⁶And 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. ⁷The children of Merari according to their families had by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.

⁹And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which were mentioned by name, ¹⁰and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot); ¹¹and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, which Arba was the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it. ¹²But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. ¹³And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs, ¹⁴and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs, ¹⁵and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs, ¹⁶and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes; ¹⁷and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs, ¹⁸Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities. ¹⁹All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs. ²⁰And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, they gave cities. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim, ²¹and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs, ²²and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities; ²³and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs, ²⁴Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities; ²⁵and out of half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities. ²⁶All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. ²⁷And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs: two cities; ²⁸and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs, Dabrath and its suburbs, ²⁹Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-gannim and its suburbs: four cities; ³⁰and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs, ³¹Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities; ³²and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities. ³³All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs. ³⁴And to the families of the children of Merari, that remained of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs, ³⁵Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities; ³⁶and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs, ³⁷Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities; ³⁸and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs, ³⁹Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all. ⁴⁰These were all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.