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1 Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel
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Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to the priest Eleazar and to Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of the families of the tribes of the Israelites;
2 And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.
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they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, "The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given towns to live in, along with their pasture lands for our livestock."
3 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.
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So by command of the Lord the Israelites gave to the Levites the following towns and pasture lands out of their inheritance.
4 And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
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The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 And to the rest of the children of Caath, that is, to thee Levites, who remained, out of the tribes of Ephraim, and of Dan, and the half tribe of Manasses, ten cities.
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The rest of the Kohathites received by lot ten towns from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 And the lot came out to children of Gerson, that they should take of the tribes of Issachar and of Aser and of Nephtali, and of the half tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities.
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The Gershonites received by lot thirteen towns from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and of Gad and of Zabulon, twelve cities.
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The Merarites according to their families received twelve towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun.
8 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot.
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These towns and their pasture lands the Israelites gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
9 Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Josue gave cities: whose names are these,
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Out of the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon they gave the following towns mentioned by name,
10 To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)
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which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites who belonged to the Levites, since the lot fell to them first.
11 The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.
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They gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture lands around it.
12 But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.
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But the fields of the town and its villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding.
13 He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof, and Lebna with the suburbs thereof,
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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 Jether and Estemo,
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Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15 And Holon, and Dabir,
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Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.
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Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands—nine towns out of these two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
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Out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18 And Anathoth and Almon, with, their suburbs: four cities.
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Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands—four towns.
19 All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs,
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The towns of the descendants of Aaron—the priests—were thirteen in all, with their pasture lands.
20 And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession.
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As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite families of the Levites, the towns allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Gazer,
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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 Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
22 And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.
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Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands—four towns.
23 And of he tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,
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Out of the tribe of Dan: Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
24 And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities.
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Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—four towns.
25 And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities.
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Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—two towns.
26 All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree.
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The towns of the families of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all, with their pasture lands.
27 To the children of Gerson also of the race of Levi out of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Basan, one of the cities of refuge, and Bosra, with their suburbs, two cities.
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To the Gershonites, one of the families of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, and Beeshterah with its pasture lands—two towns.
28 And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth,
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Out of the tribe of Issachar: Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
29 And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities.
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Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gannim with its pasture lands—four towns.
30 And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon,
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Out of the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31 And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities.
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Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands—four towns.
32 Of the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, three cities.
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Out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three towns.
33 All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
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The towns of the several families of the Gershonites were in all thirteen, with their pasture lands.
34 And to the children of Merari, Levites of the inferior degree, by their families were given of the tribe of Zabulon, Jecnam and Cartha,
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To the rest of the Levites—the Merarite families—were given out of the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
35 And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs.
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Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands—four towns.
36 Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Misor and Jaser
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Out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
37 (21-36) and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs.
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Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands—four towns.
38 (21-37) Of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, one of the cities of refuge, and Manaim
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Out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
39 (21-37) and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs,
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Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands—four towns in all.
40 (21-38) All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.
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As for the towns of the several Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the families of the Levites, those allotted to them were twelve in all.
41 (21-39) So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,
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The towns of the Levites within the holdings of the Israelites were in all forty-eight towns with their pasture lands.
42 (21-40) With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.
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Each of these towns had its pasture lands around it; so it was with all these towns.
43 (21-41) And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.
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Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to their ancestors that he would give them; and having taken possession of it, they settled there.
44 (21-42) And he gave them peace from all nations round about: and none of their enemies durst stand against them, but were brought under their dominion.
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And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their ancestors; not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the Lord had given all their enemies into their hands.
45 (21-43) Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.
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Not one of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
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