Joshua 21:1–19
21 Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the tribes of the ⌊Israelites⌋.a 2 And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.” 3 So, ⌊by command of Yahweh⌋,b the ⌊Israelites⌋c gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands from their inheritance.
4 The allotment ⌊fell⌋d for the families of the Kohathites.e The descendantsf of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, ⌊received⌋g by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 The remaining descendantsh of Kohath received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 The descendantsi of Gershon received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 The descendantsj of the Meraritesk according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 The ⌊Israelites⌋l gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses.
9 They gave these cities, which are here mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon; 10 and they were for the descendantsm of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites,n from the descendantso of Levi, because the first lot was theirs. 11 And they gave to them Kiriath Arba,p Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and the pasturelands surrounding it. 12 But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.
13 To the descendantsq of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands, 14 Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, 15 Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, 16 Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes. 17 From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands, 18 Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities. 19 All the cities of the descendantsr of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands.