1Then came near the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest , and unto Joshua the son of Nun , and unto the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel ; 2and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan , saying , Jehovah commanded by Moses to give us cities to dwell in , with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance , according to the commandment of Jehovah , these cities with their suburbs .
The Cities of Refuge
4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites : and the children of Aaron the priest , who were of the Levites , had by lot out of the tribe of Judah , and out of the tribe of the Simeonites , and out of the tribe of Benjamin , thirteen cities . 5And 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 . 6And 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 .
Fulfillment of God's Promises
7The children of Merari according to 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 . 8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs , as Jehovah commanded by Moses . 9And 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 : 10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites , who were of the children of Levi ; for theirs was the first lot . 11And they gave them Kiriath-arba , which Arba was the father of Anak ( the same is Hebron ), in the hill-country of Judah , with the suburbs thereof round about it . 12But the fields of the city , and the villages thereof , gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs , the city of refuge for the manslayer , and Libnah with its suburbs , 14and Jattir with its suburbs , and Eshtemoa with its suburbs , 15and Holon with its suburbs , and Debir with its suburbs , 16and Ain with its suburbs , and Juttah with its suburbs , and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs ; nine cities out of those two tribes . 17And out of the tribe of Benjamin , Gibeon with its suburbs , Geba with its suburbs , 18Anathoth with its suburbs , and Almon with its suburbs ; four cities . 19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests , were thirteen cities with their suburbs . 20And the families of the children of Kohath , the Levites , even the rest of the children of Kohath , they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer , and Gezer with its suburbs , 22and Kibzaim with its suburbs , and Beth-horon with its suburbs ; four cities . 23And out of the tribe of Dan , Elteke with its suburbs , Gibbethon with its suburbs , 24Aijalon with its suburbs , Gath-rimmon with its suburbs ; four cities . 25And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh , Taanach with its suburbs , and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs ; two cities . 26All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs . 27And unto the children of Gershon , of the families of the Levites , out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs , the city of refuge for the manslayer , and Be-eshterah with its suburbs ; two cities . 28And out of the tribe of Issachar , Kishion with its suburbs , Daberath with its suburbs , 29Jarmuth with its suburbs , En-gannim with its suburbs ; four cities . 30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs , Abdon with its suburbs , 31Helkath with its suburbs , and Rehob with its suburbs ; four cities . 32And out of the tribe of Naphtali , Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs , the city of refuge for the manslayer , and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs , and Kartan with its suburbs ; three cities . 33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs . 34And unto the families of the children of Merari , the rest of the Levites , out of the tribe of Zebulun , Jokneam with its suburbs , and Kartah with its suburbs , 35Dimnah with its suburbs , Nahalal with its suburbs ; four cities . 36And out of the tribe of Reuben , Bezer with its suburbs , and Jahaz with its suburbs , 37Kedemoth with its suburbs , and Mephaath with its suburbs ; four cities . 38And out of the tribe of Gad , Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs , the city of refuge for the manslayer , and Mahanaim with its suburbs , 39Heshbon with its suburbs , Jazer with its suburbs ; four cities in all . 40All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families , even the rest of the families of the Levites ; and their lot was twelve cities . 41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs . 42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them : thus it was with all these cities . 43So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it , and dwelt therein . 44And Jehovah 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 ; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand . 45There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to pass.