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Towns Are Given to the Levites
21 The leaders of the Levite family groups approached the priest Eleazar and Joshua, the son of Nun. They also approached the leaders of the family groups of Israel’s other tribes. 2They went to all of them at Shiloh in Canaan. They said to them, “Give us towns to live in. Also give us grasslands for our livestock. That’s what the Lord commanded through Moses.”
3So the people of Israel gave the Levites towns and grasslands out of their own shares of land. They did what the Lord had commanded. Here are the towns the Levites were given.
4The first lot that was drawn out was for the people of Kohath, family group by family group. Some of the Levites came from the family line of the priest Aaron. They were given 13 towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin. 5The rest of Kohath’s family groups were given ten towns from the family groups of the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
6The family groups of Gershon were given 13 towns from the family groups of the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali and half of the tribe of Manasseh. That part of Manasseh was in the land of Bashan.
7The family groups of Merari received 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun. Each family group received its share.
8So the people of Israel gave those towns and their grasslands to the Levites. They did what the Lord had commanded through Moses.
9They gave some towns from the territories of the tribes of Judah and Simeon 10to the members of the family line of Aaron. The towns were given to the family groups of Kohath. They were Levites. The first lot that was drawn out was for them. Here are the towns the family groups of Kohath were given.
11The people of Israel gave them Kiriath Arba and the grasslands that were around it. Kiriath Arba is also called Hebron. It’s in the hill country of Judah. Anak came from the family line of Arba. 12But Israel had already given away the fields and villages around the city. They had given them to Caleb as his share. Caleb was the son of Jephunneh.
13So they gave Hebron to the members of the family line of the priest Aaron. Hebron was a city where anyone who was charged with murder could go for safety. They also gave them Libnah, 14Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15Holon, Debir, 16Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh. They gave those towns and their grasslands to the family groups of Kohath. The total number of towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon was nine.
17The people of Israel gave some towns from the tribe of Benjamin to the family groups of Kohath. The towns were Gibeon, Geba, 18Anathoth and Almon. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.
19So the total number of towns and their grasslands that were given to the priests in the family line of Aaron was 13.
20There were other family groups of Kohath among the Levites. They were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim. Here are the towns those other family groups of Kohath were given.
21In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem. It was a city where anyone who was charged with murder could go for safety. They were also given Gezer, 22Kibzaim and Beth Horon. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.
23From the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 24Aijalon and Gath Rimmon. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.
25From half of the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was two.
26So all of those ten towns and their grasslands were given to the other family groups of Kohath.
27Here are the towns the family groups of Gershon among the Levites were given.
From half of the tribe of Manasseh they received Golan in the land of Bashan. Golan was a city where anyone who was charged with murder could go for safety. They also received Be Eshtarah. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was two.
they received Kishion, Daberath, 29Jarmuth and En Gannim. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.
they received Mishal, Abdon, 31Helkath and Rehob. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.
they received Kedesh in Galilee. Kedesh was a city where anyone who was charged with murder could go for safety. They also received Hammoth Dor and Kartan. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was three.
33So the total number of towns and their grasslands that were given to the family groups of Gershon was 13.
34The rest of the Levites were from the family groups of Merari. Here are the towns they were given.
From the tribe of Zebulun
they received Jokneam, Kartah, 35Dimnah and Nahalal. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.
they received Bezer, Jahaz, 37Kedemoth and Mephaath. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.
they received Ramoth in Gilead. Ramoth was a city where anyone who was charged with murder could go for safety. They also received Mahanaim, 39Heshbon and Jazer. The total number of those towns and their grasslands was four.
40So the total number of towns that were given to the family groups of Merari was 12. That concludes the list of towns the rest of the Levites received.
41The total number of Levite towns and their grasslands in the territory that was given to Israel was 48. 42Each of those towns had grasslands around it. That was true of all of them.
43So the Lord gave Israel all of the land he had promised with an oath to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And Israel took it over. Then they settled down there. 44The Lord gave them peace and rest on every side. That’s what he had promised their fathers he would do. Not one of their enemies was able to fight against Israel and win. The Lord handed all of their enemies over to them.
45The Lord kept all of the good promises he had made to the people of Israel. Every one of them came true.
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