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1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
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Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came to Elea'zar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel;
2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
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and they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, "The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasture lands for our cattle."
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
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So by command of the LORD the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasture lands out of their inheritance.
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
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The lot came out for the families of the Ko'hathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
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And the rest of the Ko'hathites received by lot from the families of the tribe of E'phraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manas'seh, ten cities.
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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The Gersonites received by lot from the families of the tribe of Is'sachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naph'tali, and from the half-tribe of Manas'seh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
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The Merar'ites according to their families received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zeb'ulun, twelve cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
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These cities and their pasture lands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
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Out of the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon they gave the following cities mentioned by name,
10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
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which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the families of the Ko'hathites who belonged to the Levites; since the lot fell to them first.
11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
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They gave them Kir'iath-ar'ba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture lands round about it.
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephun'neh as his possession.
13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
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And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
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Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemo'a with its pasture lands,
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
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Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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A'in with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, Beth-she'mesh with its pasture lands--nine cities out of these two tribes;
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
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then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
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An'athoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands--four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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As to the rest of the Ko'hathites belonging to the Ko'hathite families of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of E'phraim.
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
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To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands in the hill country of E'phraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
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Kib'za-im with its pasture lands, Beth-hor'on with its pasture lands--four cities;
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
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and out of the tribe of Dan, El'teke with its pasture lands, Gib'bethon with its pasture lands,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
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Ai'jalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rim'mon with its pasture lands--four cities;
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
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and out of the half-tribe of Manas'seh, Ta'anach with its pasture lands, and Gath-rim'mon with its pasture lands--two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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The cities of the families of the rest of the Ko'hathites were ten in all with their pasture lands.
27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
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And to the Gershonites, one of the families of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manas'seh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, and Beesh'terah with its pasture lands--two cities;
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
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and out of the tribe of Is'sachar, Ki'shion with its pasture lands, Dab'erath with its pasture lands,
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
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Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gan'nim with its pasture lands--four cities;
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
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and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
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Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands--four cities;
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
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and out of the tribe of Naph'tali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ham'moth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands--three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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The cities of the several families of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
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And to the rest of the Levites, the Merar'ite families, were given out of the tribe of Zeb'ulun, Jok'ne-am with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
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Dimnah with its pasture lands, Na'halal with its pasture lands--four cities;
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
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and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
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Ked'emoth with its pasture lands, and Meph'a-ath with its pasture lands--four cities;
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
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and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahana'im with its pasture lands,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
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Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands--four cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
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As for the cities of the several Merar'ite families, that is, the remainder of the families of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
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The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
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These cities had each its pasture lands round about it; so it was with all these cities.
43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
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Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and having taken possession of it, they settled there.
44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers; not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands.
45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
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Not one of all the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
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