1Then 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 ; 2And 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 . 3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance , at the commandment of the LORD , these cities and their suburbs .
The Cities of Refuge
4And 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 . 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 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 . 8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs , as the LORD commanded by the hand of 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 , 10Which 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 . 11And 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. 12But the fields of the city , and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession . 13Thus 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 , 14And Jattir with her suburbs , and Eshtemoa with her suburbs , 15And Holon with her suburbs , and Debir with her suburbs , 16And Ain with her suburbs , and Juttah with her suburbs , and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs ; nine cities out of those two tribes . 17And out of the tribe of Benjamin , Gibeon with her suburbs , Geba with her suburbs , 18Anathoth with her suburbs , and Almon with her 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 which remained of the children of Kohath , even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim . 21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Gezer with her suburbs , 22And Kibzaim with her suburbs , and Beth-horon with her suburbs ; four cities . 23And out of the tribe of Dan , Eltekeh with her suburbs , Gibbethon with her suburbs , 24Aijalon with her suburbs , Gath-rimmon with her suburbs ; four cities . 25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh , Tanach with her suburbs , and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs ; two cities . 26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained . 27And 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 Beesh-terah with her suburbs ; two cities . 28And out of the tribe of Issachar , Kishon with her suburbs , Dabareh with her suburbs , 29Jarmuth with her suburbs , En-gannim with her suburbs ; four cities . 30And out of the tribe of Asher , Mishal with her suburbs , Abdon with her suburbs , 31Helkath with her suburbs , and Rehob with her suburbs ; four cities . 32And out of the tribe of Naphtali , Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs , and Kartan with her 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 her suburbs , and Kartah with her suburbs , 35Dimnah with her suburbs , Nahalal with her suburbs ; four cities . 36And out of the tribe of Reuben , Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, 37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities . 38And 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 , 39Heshbon with her suburbs , Jazer with her suburbs ; four cities in all. 40So 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 . 41All the cities of the Levites within 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 were all these cities . 43And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers ; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44And 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 . 45There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to pass .