Now the family heads of the Levites ... approached Eleazar the priest , ... Joshua - son of Nun , and the heads - of the (other) tribes vvv of Israel
at Shiloh in the land of Canaan ... and said to them , “ The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live , together with pasturelands for our livestock. ”
So by the command of the LORD - , the Israelites ... gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance :
The (first) lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen ... cities by lot from the tribes of Judah , ... Simeon , ... and Benjamin.
The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot vvv from the tribes of Ephraim , Dan , and the half-tribe ... of Manasseh.
The descendants of Gershon received thirteen ... cities by lot vvv from the tribes of Issachar , - Asher , ... Naphtali , and the half-tribe ... of Manasseh in Bashan.
(And) the descendants of Merari received twelve ... cities vvv from the tribes of Reuben , ... Gad , ... and Zebulun.
So the Israelites ... allotted ... to the Levites - these - cities , together with their pasturelands , as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
From the tribes vvv of Judah ... ... and Simeon - , they designated these - - - cities by name
- to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites ... , because the first lot fell
They gave - vvv Kiriath-arba (that is , Hebron ), with its surrounding pasturelands , in the hill country of Judah. ... ( Arba was the father of Anak. )
- But they had given the fields and villages around the city - to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave (these cities) , together with their pasturelands : Hebron , a city of refuge for the manslayer , - - Libnah - - ,
- Jattir - - , - Eshtemoa - - ,
- Ain - - , - Juttah - - , - vvv and Beth-shemesh — nine cities from these two tribes , together with their pasturelands.
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon - - , - Geba - - ,
- Anathoth - - , - and Almon — four cities , together with their pasturelands.
In all , thirteen ... cities , - together with their pasturelands , (were given) to the priests , the descendants of Aaron.
The remaining ... Kohathite clans - - of the Levites were allotted ... these cities : From the tribe of Ephraim
they were given - Shechem - in the hill country of Ephraim ( a city of refuge for the manslayer ), - - - Gezer , - -
- Kibzaim - - , - vvv and Beth-horon — four cities , together with their pasturelands.
From the tribe of Dan (they were given) - Elteke - - , - Gibbethon - - ,
- Aijalon - - , - vvv and Gath-rimmon — four cities , together with their pasturelands.
And from the half-tribe ... of Manasseh (they were given) - Taanach - - and vvv Gath-rimmon — two cities , together with their pasturelands.
In all , ten cities , together with their pasturelands , (were given) to the rest of the Kohathite clans -.
(This is what) the Levite clans vvv of the Gershonites (were given) : From the half-tribe ... of Manasseh (they were given) Golan in Bashan , a city of refuge for the manslayer , - - - - and Beeshterah — two cities , together with their pasturelands.
From the tribe of Issachar (they were given) - Kishion - - , - Daberath - - ,
- Jarmuth - - , - vvv and En-gannim — four cities , together with their pasturelands.
From the tribe of Asher they were given - Mishal - - , - Abdon - - ,
- Helkath - - , - and Rehob — four cities , together with their pasturelands.
And from the tribe of Naphtali (they were given) - Kedesh in Galilee - ( a city of refuge for the manslayer ) , - - - vvv Hammoth-dor - - , - and Kartan — three cities , together with their pasturelands.
In all , thirteen ... cities , together with their pasturelands , (were given) to the Gershonite clans.
(This is what) the Merarite clan - ( the rest of ... the Levites) were given : From the tribe of Zebulun (they were given) - Jokneam - - , - Kartah - - ,
- Dimnah - - , - and Nahalal — four cities , together with their pasturelands.
From the tribe of Reuben (they were given) - Bezer - - , - Jahaz - - ,
- Kedemoth - - , - and Mephaath — four cities , together with their pasturelands.
And from the tribe of Gad (they were given) - Ramoth in Gilead , - a city of refuge for the manslayer , - - - Mahanaim - - ,
- Heshbon - - , - and Jazer — four cities in all , together with their pasturelands.
In all , - twelve ... cities were allotted to the clans of Merari - , the remaining Levite clans.
For the Levites, then , there were forty-eight ... cities in all , together with their pasturelands , within the territory vvv of the Israelites ....
Each ... of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands ; this was true for all the cities.
Thus the LORD gave Israel - all the land - He had sworn to give their fathers , and they took possession of it and settled
And the LORD gave them rest on every side , just as - He had sworn to their fathers. None ... of their enemies - - could stand against them , for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Not one of all ... the LORD’s good - promises - to the house of Israel had failed ; everything was fulfilled.