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Joshua 21:20–40

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The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shecheme (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,f Kibzaim and Beth Horon,g together with their pasturelands—four towns.h

Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,i Aijalonj and Gath Rimmon,k together with their pasturelands—four towns.

From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanachl and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—two towns.

All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.m

The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:

from the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Golan in Bashann (a city of refuge for one accused of murdero) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

from the tribe of Issachar,p

Kishion,q Daberath,r Jarmuths and En Gannim,t together with their pasturelands—four towns;

from the tribe of Asher,u

Mishal,v Abdon,w Helkath and Rehob,x together with their pasturelands—four towns;

from the tribe of Naphtali,

Kedeshy in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murderz), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns.

The total number of towns of the Gershonitea clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:

from the tribe of Zebulun,b

Jokneam,c Kartah, Dimnah and Nahalal,d together with their pasturelands—four towns;

from the tribe of Reuben,

Bezer,e Jahaz,f Kedemoth and Mephaath,g together with their pasturelands—four towns;

from the tribe of Gad,

Ramothh in Gileadi (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,j Heshbon and Jazer,k together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.

The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.l

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Cross references

  1. e Jos 17:7
  2. f Jos 10:33
  3. g Jos 10:10
  4. h1Sa 1:1
  5. i Jos 19:44
  6. j Jos 10:12
  7. k Jos 19:45
  8. l Jos 12:21
  9. mver 5
  10. n Jos 12:5
  11. oNu 35:6
  12. p Ge 30:18
  13. qJos 19:20
  14. r Jos 19:12
  15. s Jos 10:3
  16. t Jos 15:34
  17. u Jos 17:7
  18. vJos 19:26
  19. w Jos 19:28
  20. x Jos 19:28
  21. y Jos 12:22
  22. zNu 35:6
  23. aver 6
  24. b Jos 19:10
  25. c Jos 12:22
  26. dJos 19:15
  27. e Jos 20:8
  28. f Nu 21:23; Dt 2:32; Jdg 11:20
  29. g Jos 13:18
  30. h Dt 4:43
  31. i Jos 12:2
  32. j Ge 32:2
  33. k Jos 13:25
  34. lver 7