Joshua 21:2–40

²And they spake unto them at ^bShiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, ^cThe Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. ³And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs. ⁴And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and ^dthe children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, ^ehad by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. ⁵And ^fthe 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. ⁶And ^gthe 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. ^7hThe 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. ⁸ⁱAnd the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of 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 are here ^†mentioned by name, ^10kWhich 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. ^11lAnd they gave them ^||the city of Arba the father of ^mAnak, which city is Hebron, ⁿin the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. ¹²But ^othe fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. ¹³Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest ^pHebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and ^qLibnah with her suburbs, ¹⁴And ^rJattir with her suburbs, and ^sEshtemoa with her suburbs, ¹⁵And ^||Holon with her suburbs, and ^tDebir with her suburbs, ¹⁶And ^||Ain with her suburbs, and ^uJuttah with her suburbs, and ^xBeth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those ^ytwo tribes. ¹⁷And out of the tribe of Benjamin, ^zGibeon with her suburbs, ^||Geba with her suburbs, ^18aAnathoth with her suburbs, and ^||Almon with her suburbs; four cities. ¹⁹All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

^20bAnd 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. ²¹For they gave them ^cShechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and ^dGezer with her suburbs, ²²And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and ^eBeth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. ²³And out of the tribe of Dan, ^fEltekeh with her suburbs, ^fGibbethon with her suburbs, ^24gAijalon with her suburbs, ^hGath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities. ²⁵And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ⁱTanach with her suburbs, and ^jGath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities. ²⁶All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

^27kAnd unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave ^lGolan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and ^mBeesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities. ²⁸And out of the tribe of Issachar, ⁿKishon with her suburbs, ^oDabareh with her suburbs, ^29pJarmuth with her suburbs, ^qEn-gannim with her suburbs; four cities. ³⁰And out of the tribe of Asher, ^rMishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, ^31sHelkath with her suburbs, and ^tRehob with her suburbs; four cities. ³²And out of the tribe of Naphtali, ^uKedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and ^wHammoth-dor with her suburbs, and ^xKartan with her suburbs; three cities. ³³All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

^34yAnd unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, ^zJokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, ³⁵Dimnah with her suburbs, ^aNahalal with her suburbs; four cities. ³⁶And out of the tribe of Reuben, ^bBezer with her suburbs, and ^cJahazah with her suburbs, ^37dKedemoth with her suburbs, and ^dMephaath with her suburbs; four cities. ³⁸And out of the tribe of Gad, ^eRamoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and ^fMahanaim with her suburbs, ^39gHeshbon with her suburbs, ^hJazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. ⁴⁰So 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.