Joshua 21:11–42

¹¹And 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. ¹²But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.

¹³To the descendants^q of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands, ¹⁴Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, ¹⁵Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, ¹⁶Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes. ¹⁷From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands, ¹⁸Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities. ¹⁹All the cities of the descendants^r of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands.

²⁰For the families of the descendants^s of Kohath, the remaining Levites of the descendants^t of Kohath, they received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands, ²²Kibzaim and its pasturelands, and Beth-horon and its pasturelands; four cities. ²³From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands, ²⁴Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands; four cities. ²⁵From the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands; two cities. ²⁶All the cities and their pasturelands for the remaining families of the descendants^u of Kohath were ten.

²⁷To the descendants^v of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, and Eshtarah and its pasturelands; two cities. ²⁸From the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, ²⁹Jarmuth and its pasturelands, En Gannim and its pasturelands; four cities. ³⁰From the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, ³¹Helkath and its pasturelands, Rehob and its pasturelands; four cities. ³²From the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands, and Kartan and its pasturelands; three cities. ³³All the cities of the Gershonites^w according to their families were thirteen cities and their pasturelands.

³⁴To the families of the descendants^x of Merarite, the remaining Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands, ³⁵Dimnah and its pasturelands, and Nahalal and its pasturelands; four cities. ³⁶From the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its pasturelands, Jahaz and its pasturelands, ³⁷Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands; four cities. ³⁸From the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands, ³⁹Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands; four cities in all. ⁴⁰All these were the cities of the descendants^y of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities.

⁴¹All the cities of the Levites among the property of the Israelites^z were forty-eight cities and their pasturelands. ⁴²Each of these cities had pasturelands surrounding them; so it was for all of these cities.