Joshua 21:11–42

¹¹They gave them Kiriath Arba (Arba was Anak’s father) and the pastureland around it. This is the city of Hebron located in the mountains of Judah. ¹²But they gave its fields and villages to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, as his possession. ¹³So they gave the following cities with pasturelands to the descendants of Aaron, the priest. The nine cities from those two tribes were Hebron (a city of refuge for murderers), Libnah, ¹⁴Jattir, Eshtemoa, ¹⁵Holon, Debir, ¹⁶Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh. ¹⁷The tribe of Benjamin also gave them four cities: Gibeon, Geba, ¹⁸Anathoth, and Almon. ¹⁹In all, 13 cities with pasturelands were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron. 

²⁰Cities were chosen by lot from the tribe of Ephraim to give to the rest of Levi’s descendants who were from the families of Kohath. ²¹These four cities with pasturelands were Shechem (a city of refuge for murderers) in the mountains of Ephraim, Gezer, ²²Kibzaim, and Beth Horon. ²³The tribe of Dan gave them four cities: Eltekeh, Gibbethon, ²⁴Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon. ²⁵Half of the tribe of Manasseh gave them two cities with pasturelands: Taanach and Gath Rimmon. ²⁶In all, ten cities with pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of Kohath. 

Cities for Gershon’s Descendants

²⁷They gave the families of Gershon’s descendants, who were in the tribe of Levi, two cities with pasturelands from half of the tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for murderers) and Ashtaroth. ²⁸Four cities with pasturelands were also given to them from the tribe of Issachar: Kishion, Daberath, ²⁹Jarmuth, and En Gannim. ³⁰Another four cities with pasturelands were given to them from the tribe of Asher: Mishal, Abdon, ³¹Helkath, and Rehob. ³²Also three cities with pasturelands were given to them from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for murderers), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan. ³³In all, 13 cities with pasturelands were given to Gershon’s families. 

Cities for Merari’s Descendants

³⁴To the families of Merari, who were from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of Zebulun gave four cities with pasturelands: Jokneam, Kartah, ³⁵Dimnah, and Nahalal. ³⁶The tribe of Reuben also gave them four cities with pasturelands: Bezer, Jahaz, ³⁷Kedemoth, and Mephaath. ³⁸The tribe of Gad also gave them four cities with pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for murderers), Mahanaim, ³⁹Heshbon, and Jazer. ⁴⁰All these cities belonged to the families of Merari. They were the last of the families of Levi. These 12 cities were chosen by lot. 

⁴¹Within the territory owned by the Israelites there were 48 cities in all for Levi’s descendants. ⁴²Each of these cities had its own pastureland around it.