Joshua 21:2–40

²And 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.” ³So, by command of Yahweh,^b the Israelites^c gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands from their inheritance.

⁴The allotment fell^d for the families of the Kohathites.^e The descendants^f of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received^g by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

⁵The remaining descendants^h of Kohath received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

⁶The 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.

⁷The descendants^j of the Merarites^k according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

⁸The Israelites^l gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses.

⁹They 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; ¹⁰and they were for the descendants^m of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites,ⁿ from the descendants^o of Levi, because the first lot was theirs. 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.