Joshua 21

1 Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. ‡ Jos 14:1Jos 17:4Jos 19:51Exo 6:14Exo 6:25Num 34:17-29 2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our livestock.” ‡ Jos 18:1Num 35:2-81Ti 5:17-18Ezk 48:9-18Gal 6:6Mat 10:10

3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their pasture lands. ‡ Gen 49:71Ch 6:54-81Deu 33:8-10 4 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin. ‡ 1Ch 6:54-60Jos 21:8-19Jos 24:33 5 The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh. ‡ Jos 21:20-261Ch 6:18-191Ch 6:611Ch 6:66-70Exo 6:16-25Gen 46:11Num 3:27 6 The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. ‡ Jos 21:27-331Ch 6:621Ch 6:71-76Exo 6:16-17Num 3:21-22 7 The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun. ‡ Jos 21:34-401Ch 6:631Ch 6:77-81Exo 6:19Num 3:20 8 The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as the LORD commanded by Moses. ‡ Jos 21:3Jos 18:6Num 32:2Num 33:54Num 35:3Pro 16:33Pro 18:18 9 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 mentioned by name: ‡ 1Ch 6:65Jos 21:13-18 10 and 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. ‡ Jos 21:4Exo 6:18Exo 6:20-26Num 3:19Num 3:2-4Num 3:27Num 4:2 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it. ‡ 1Ch 6:55Luk 1:392Sa 15:72Sa 2:1-32Sa 5:1-5Gen 23:2Gen 35:27Jdg 1:10 +412 But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. ‡ 1Ch 6:55-57Jos 14:13-15 13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands, ‡ Jos 15:42Jos 10:29Jos 15:54Jos 20:71Ch 6:56-57Isa 37:8Num 35:6 14 Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, ‡ Jos 15:48Jos 15:501Sa 30:27-28 15 Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, ‡ Jos 15:49Jos 15:511Ch 6:58Jos 12:13 16 Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes. ‡ 1Ch 6:59Jos 15:10Jos 15:551Sa 6:121Sa 6:9Jos 15:42 17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, ‡ Jos 18:24-25Jos 9:31Ch 6:60 18 Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities. ‡ 1Ch 6:601Ki 2:26Isa 10:30Jer 1:1 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

20 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. ‡ 1Ch 6:66Jos 21:5 21 They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands, ‡ Jos 20:71Ch 6:671Ki 12:11Ki 9:15-17Gen 33:19Jdg 9:1Jos 16:10 22 Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities. ‡ 1Ch 6:68Jos 16:3Jos 16:5Jos 18:13-14 23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, ‡ Jos 19:44-45 24 Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities. ‡ 1Ch 6:69Jos 10:12Jos 19:42 25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities. ‡ Jdg 5:19Jos 17:11 26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.

27 They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities. ‡ 1Ch 6:71Deu 1:4Deu 4:43Jos 20:8 28 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, ‡ 1Ch 6:72-73Jos 19:12 29 Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities. ‡ Jos 10:23Jos 10:3Jos 12:11 30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, ‡ 1Ch 6:74-75Jos 19:25-28 31 Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities. ‡ 1Ch 6:75Jdg 1:31Jdg 18:21 32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities. ‡ 1Ch 6:76Jos 20:7Jos 19:35Jos 19:37 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

34 To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands, ‡ 1Ch 6:77Jos 12:22Jos 19:11Jos 19:15Jos 21:7 35 Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities. 36 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands, ‡ Jos 20:8Deu 4:431Ch 6:78-79Jos 13:18Num 21:23 37 Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities. 38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands, ‡ Gen 32:21Ch 6:801Ki 22:32Sa 17:242Sa 19:32Deu 4:43Jos 20:8 39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all. ‡ 1Ch 6:81Isa 16:8-9Jer 48:32Jos 13:17Jos 13:21Num 21:26-30Num 32:1Num 32:3 +240 All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.

41 All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands. ‡ Deu 33:10Gen 49:7Num 35:1-8 42 Each of these cities included their pasture lands around them. It was this way with all these cities.

43 So the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it. ‡ Gen 13:15Exo 23:27-31Gen 28:4Psa 106:42-45Psa 44:3Gen 15:13-21Deu 11:31Exo 3:8 +544 The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. The LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. ‡ Jos 11:23Deu 31:3-5Heb 4:9Deu 7:22-24Exo 23:31Jos 1:13Jos 1:15Jos 22:4 +145 Nothing failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass. ‡ 1Ki 8:56Jos 23:14-15Num 23:191Th 5:241Co 1:9Heb 6:18Tit 1:2