Joshua 21:11–42

¹¹They were given the city of Arba (Arba was Anak’s father), now called Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture land surrounding it. ¹²However, the fields of the city, as well as its towns, had already been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

¹³In addition to Hebron (one of the cities of refuge), the following cities were assigned to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Libnah, ¹⁴Jattir, Eshtemoa, ¹⁵Holon, Debir, ¹⁶Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, with their pasture lands: nine cities from the tribes of Judah and Simeon. ¹⁷From the territory of Benjamin they were given four cities: Gibeon, Geba, ¹⁸Anathoth, and Almon, with their pasture lands. ¹⁹Thirteen cities in all, with their pasture lands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

²⁰The other families of the Levite clan of Kohath were assigned some cities from the territory of Ephraim. ²¹They were given four cities: Shechem and its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim (one of the cities of refuge), Gezer, ²²Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, with their pasture lands. ²³From the territory of Dan they were given four cities: Eltekeh, Gibbethon, ²⁴Aijalon, and Gathrimmon, with their pasture lands. ²⁵From the territory of West Manasseh they were given two cities: Taanach and Gathrimmon, with their pasture lands. ²⁶These families of the clan of Kohath received ten cities in all, with their pasture lands.

²⁷Another group of Levites, the clan of Gershon, received from the territory of East Manasseh two cities: Golan in Bashan (one of the cities of refuge) and Beeshterah, with their pasture lands. ²⁸From the territory of Issachar they received four cities: Kishion, Daberath, ²⁹Jarmuth, and Engannim, with their pasture lands. ³⁰From the territory of Asher they received four cities: Mishal, Abdon, ³¹Helkath, and Rehob, with their pasture lands. ³²From the territory of Naphtali they received three cities: Kedesh in Galilee, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, with their pasture lands. ³³The various families of the clan of Gershon received a total of thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

³⁴The rest of the Levites, the clan of Merari, received from the territory of Zebulun four cities: Jokneam, Kartah, ³⁵Dimnah, and Nahalal, with their pasture lands. ³⁶From the territory of Reuben they received four cities: Bezer, Jahaz, ³⁷Kedemoth, and Mephaath, with their pasture lands. ³⁸From the tribe of Gad they received four cities: Ramoth in Gilead, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Mahanaim, ³⁹Heshbon, and Jazer, with their pasture lands. ⁴⁰So the clan of Merari was assigned a total of twelve cities.

^41–42From the land that the people of Israel possessed, a total of 48 cities, with the pasture lands round them, was given to the Levites.