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Joshua 21

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1 The heads of the levitical families approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua, Nun's son, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.

2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan: "The LORD gave a command through Moses to give us cities to live in and their pasturelands for our cattle."

3 So the Israelites gave the Levites the following cities and their pasturelands out of their own legacy. This was in agreement with the LORD's command.

4 The lot went out for the clans of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the priest from among the Levites acquired thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

5 The rest of the descendants of Kohath acquired ten cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half of Manasseh.

6 The descendants of Gershon acquired thirteen cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half of Manasseh located in Bashan.

7 The descendants of Merari acquired twelve cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

8 So the Israelites gave these cities and their pasturelands to the Levites by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

9 They gave the following cities, identified here by name, from the tribe of the Judahites and the tribe of the Simeonites.

10 The cities belonged to the descendants of Aaron, one of the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the lot had fallen to them first.

11 They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the highlands of Judah and the pastures around it. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

12 But they had already given the fields of the city and its surrounding areas to Caleb, Jephunneh's son, as his property.

13 To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave: Hebron, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Libnah and its pastures;

14 Jattir and its pastures; Eshtemoa and its pastures;

15 Holon and its pastures; Debir and its pastures;

16 Ain and its pastures; Juttah and its pastures; and Beth-shemesh and its pastures. Total from these two tribes: nine cities.

17 From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its pastures, Geba and its pastures,

18 Anathoth and its pastures, and Almon and its pastures. In total: four cities.

19 This is the total of all the cities of the priests descended from Aaron: thirteen cities with their pastures.

20 Other clans from the levitical descendants of Kohath still remained from among the descendants of Kohath. Some of their allotted cities were from the tribe of Ephraim.

21 They gave them: Shechem, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures in the highlands of Ephraim; Gezer and its pastures;

22 Kibzaim and its pastures; and Beth-horon and its pastures; in total: four cities.

23 From the tribe of Dan: Elteke and its pastures, Gibbethon and its pastures,

24 Aijalon and its pastures, Gath-rimmon and its pastures; in total: four cities.

25 From half the tribe of Manasseh: Taanach and its pastures, and Gath-rimmon and its pastures; in total: two cities.

26 This is the total of all cities for the clans of the remaining descendants of Kohath: ten cities with their pastures.

27 To the descendants of Gershon, one of the clans of the Levites, from half the tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; and Beeshterah and its pastures; in total: two cities.

28 From the tribe of Issachar: Kishion and its pastures, Daberath and its pastures,

29 Jarmuth and its pastures, En-gannim and its pastures; in total: four cities.

30 From the tribe of Asher: Mishal and its pastures, Abdon and its pastures,

31 Helkath and its pastures, and Rehob and its pastures; in total: four cities.

32 From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee, the refuge city for the killer, and its pastures; Hammoth-dor and its pastures; and Kartan and its pastures; in total: three cities.

33 This is the total of all cities of the Gershonites for their clans: thirteen cities with their pastures.

34 To the clans of the descendants of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam and its pastures, Kartah and its pastures,

35 Dimnah and its pastures, Nahalal and its pastures; in total: four cities.

36 From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer and its pastures, Jahaz and its pastures,

37 Kedemoth and its pastures, and Mephaath and its pastures; in total: four cities.

38 From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Mahanaim and its pastures;

39 Heshbon and its pastures; Jazer and its pastures; in total: four cities.

40 As for the cities of the descendants of Merari for their clans, the remaining clans of the Levites, their total allotment was twelve cities.

41 This is the total of all the cities of the Levites within the property of the Israelites: forty-eight cities with their pastures.

42 Each of these cities had its pastures around it. This was the case for all these cities.

43 The LORD gave to Israel all the land he had pledged to give to their ancestors. They took it over and settled there.

44 The LORD gave them rest from surrounding danger, exactly as he had pledged to their ancestors. Not one of all their enemies held out against them. The LORD gave all their enemies into their power.

45 Not one of all the good things that the LORD had promised to the house of Israel failed. Every promise was fulfilled.

The Message Bible MSG

1 The ancestral heads of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of the other tribes of the People of Israel.

2 This took place at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. They said, "God commanded through Moses that you give us cities to live in with access to pastures for our cattle."

3 So the People of Israel, out of their own inheritance, gave the Levites, just as God commanded, the following cities and pastures:

4 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites this way: Levites descended from Aaron the priest received by lot thirteen cities out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

5 The rest of the Kohathites received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

6 The Gershonites received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

7 The families of the Merarites received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

8 So the People of Israel gave these cities with their pastures to the Levites just as God had ordered through Moses, that is, by lot.

9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin the following towns, here named individually

10 (these were for the descendants of Aaron who were from the families of the Kohathite branch of Levi because the first lot fell to them):

11 Kiriath Arba (Arba was the ancestor of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hills of Judah, with access to the pastures around it.

12 The fields of the city and its open lands they had already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

13 To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (the asylum-city for the unconvicted killers), Libnah,

14 Jattir, Eshtemoa

15 , Holon, Debir

16 , Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, all with their accompanying pastures - nine towns from these two tribes.

17 And from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba,

18 Anathoth, and Almon, together with their pastures - four towns.

19 The total for the cities and pastures for the priests descended from Aaron came to thirteen.

20 The rest of the Kohathite families from the tribe of Levi were assigned their cities by lot from the tribe of Ephraim:

21 Shechem (the asylum-city for the unconvicted killer) in the hills of Ephraim, Gezer,

22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, with their pastures - four towns.

23 From the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

24 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, all with their pastures - four towns.

25 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon with their pastures - two towns.

26 All told, ten cities with their pastures went to the remaining Kohathite families.

27 The Gershonite families of the tribe of Levi were given from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (an asylum-city for the unconvicted killer), and Be Eshtarah, with their pastures - two cities.

28 And from the tribe of Issachar: Kishion, Daberath,

29 Jarmuth, and En Gannim, with their pastures - four towns.

30 From the tribe of Asher: Mishal, Abdon,

31 Helkath, and Rehob, with their pastures - four towns.

32 From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (an asylum-city for the unconvicted killer), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, with their pastures - three towns.

33 For the Gershonites and their families: thirteen towns with their pastures.

34 The Merari families, the remaining Levites, were given from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

35 Dimnah, and Nahalal, with their pastures - four cities.

36 From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,

37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, with their pastures - four towns.

38 From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (an asylum-city for the unconvicted killer), Mahanaim,

39 Heshbon, and Jazer, with their pastures - a total of four towns.

40 All these towns were assigned by lot to the Merarites, the remaining Levites - twelve towns.

41 The Levites held forty-eight towns with their accompanying pastures within the territory of the People of Israel.

42 Each of these towns had pastures surrounding it - this was the case for all these towns.

43 And so God gave Israel the entire land that he had solemnly vowed to give to their ancestors. They took possession of it and made themselves at home in it.

44 And God gave them rest on all sides, as he had also solemnly vowed to their ancestors. Not a single one of their enemies was able to stand up to them - God handed over all their enemies to them.

45 Not one word failed from all the good words God spoke to the house of Israel. Everything came out right.