Joshua 21

2  and spoke to them at Shilo in the land of Canaan, as follows: “Hashem commanded through Moshe that we be given towns to live in, along with their pastures for our livestock.”

3  So the Israelites, in accordance with Hashem‘s command, assigned to the Leviim, out of their own portions, the following towns with their pastures:

4  The [first] lot among the Leviim fell to the Kehatite clans. To the descendants of the Kohen Aharon, there fell by lot 13 towns from the tribe of Yehuda, the tribe of Shimon, and the tribe of Binyamin;

5  and to the remaining Kehatites [there fell] by lot 10 towns from the clans of the tribe of Efraim, the tribe of Dan, and the half-tribe of Menashe.

6  To the Gershonites [there fell] by lot 13 towns from the clans of the tribe of Yissachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naftali, and the half-tribe of Menashe in Bashan.

7  [And] to the Merarites, by their clans—12 towns from the tribe of Reuven, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zevulun.

8  The Israelites assigned those towns with their pastures by lot to the Leviim—as Hashem had commanded through Moshe.

9  From the tribe of the Judites and the tribe of the Simeonites were assigned the following towns, which will be listed by name;

10  they went to the descendants of Aharon among the Kehatite clans of the Leviim, for the first lot had fallen to them.

11  To them were assigned in the hill country of Yehuda Kiryat Arba—that is, Chevron—together with the pastures around it. [Arba was] the father of the Anokites.

12  They gave the fields and the villages of the town to Kalev son of Jephunneh as his holding.

13  But to the descendants of Aharon the Kohen they assigned Chevron—the city of refuge for manslayers—together with its pastures, Libnah with its pastures,

14  Jattir with its pastures, Eshtemoa with its pastures,

15  Holon with its pastures, Debir with its pastures,

16  Ain with its pastures, Juttah with its pastures, and Beit Shemesh with its pastures—9 towns from those two tribes.

17  And from the tribe of Binyamin: Givon with its pastures, Geba with its pastures,

18  Anatot with its pastures, and Almon with its pastures—4 towns.

19  All the towns of the descendants of the Kohen Aharon, 13 towns with their pastures.

20  As for the other clans of the Kehatites, the remaining Leviim descended from Kehat, the towns in their lot were: From the tribe of Efraim

21  they were given, in the hill country of Efraim, Shechem—the city of refuge for manslayers—with its pastures, Gezer with its pastures,

22  Kibzaim with its pastures, and Beth-horon with its pastures—4 towns.

23  From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pastures, Gibbethon with its pastures,

24  Aijalon with its pastures, and Gath-rimmon with its pastures—4 towns.

25  And from the half-tribe of Menashe, Taanach with its pastures, and Gath-rimmon with its pastures—2 towns.

26  All the towns for the remaining clans of the Kehatites came to 10, with their pastures.

27  To the Gershonites of the levitical clans: From the half-tribe of Menashe, Golan in Bashan—the city of refuge for manslayers—with its pastures, and Beeshterah with its pastures—2 towns.

28  From the tribe of Yissachar: Kishion with its pastures, Dobrath with its pastures,

29  Yarmut with its pastures, and Engannim with its pastures—4 towns.

30  From the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pastures, Avdon with its pastures,

31  Helkath with its pastures, and Rehob with its pastures—4 towns.

32  From the tribe of Naftali, Kedesh in Galilee—the city of refuge for manslayers—with its pastures, Hammoth-dor with its pastures, and Kartan with its pastures—3 towns.

33  All the towns of the Gershonites, by their clans, came to 13 towns, with their pastures.

34  To the remaining Leviim, the clans of the Merarites: From the tribe of Zevulun, Jokneam with its pastures, Kartah with its pastures,

35  Dimnah with its pastures, and Nahalal with its pastures—4 towns.

36  From the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilad—the city of refuge for manslayers—with its pastures, Mahanaim with its pastures,

37  Heshbon with its pastures, and Jazer with its pastures—4 towns in all.

38  All the towns which went by lot to the Merarites, by their clans—the rest of the levitical clans—came to 12 towns.

39  All the towns of the Leviim within the holdings of the Israelites came to 48 towns, with their pastures.

40  Thus those towns were assigned, every town with its surrounding pasture; and so it was with all those towns.

42  Hashem gave them rest on all sides, just as He had promised to their fathers on oath. Not one man of all their enemies withstood them; Hashem delivered all their enemies into their hands.

43  Not one of the good things which Hashem had promised to the House of Yisrael was lacking. Everything was fulfilled.