Josué 21

¹ Then came the principall fathers of the Leuites vnto Eleazar the Priest, and vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and vnto the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,

² And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commandedBy Moses, by whose ministry God showed his power.by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

³ So the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritance at the commaundement of the Lord these cities with their suburbes.

⁴ And the lot came out for the families of theHe means those that were priests: for some were but Levites.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,Every tribe gave more or fewer cities according to the size of their inheritance, (Num_35:8).thirteen cities.

⁵ And 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 halfe tribe of Manasseh, tenne cities.

⁶ Also the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, & out of the tribe of Asher, and out of ye tribe of Naphtali, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.

⁷ The 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, twelue cities.

⁸ So the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbes, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

⁹ And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, & out of the tribe of the children of Simeo, these cities which are here named.

¹⁰ Which the children ofFor Aaron came from Kohath, and therefore the priests office remained in that family.Aaron, [being] of the families of the Kohathites, [who were] of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

¹¹ So they gaue them Kiriath-arba of the father of Anok (which is Hebron) in the mountaine of Iudah, with the suburbes of the same round about it.

¹² (But the lande of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh to be his possession)

¹³ Thus they gave to theThat is, the priest of the family of the Kohathites, of whom Aaron was chief.children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

¹⁴ And Iattir with her suburbes, and Eshtemoa, and her suburbes,

¹⁵ And Holon with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,

¹⁶ And Ain with her suburbes, and Iuttah with her suburbes, Beth-shemesh with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹⁷ And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with herThe suburbs were a thousand cubits from the wall of the cities round about, (Num_35:4).suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

¹⁸ Anathoth with her suburbes, and Almon with her suburbes: foure cities.

¹⁹ All the cities of the children of Aaron Priests, were thirteene cities with their suburbes.

²⁰ And the families of the children of Kohath,That were not priests.the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

²¹ For they gave themHebron and Shechem were the two cities of refuge under the Kohathites.Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

²² And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbes: foure cities.

²³ And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbes, Gibethon with her suburbes,

²⁴ Aiialon with her suburbes, Gath-rimmon with her suburbes: foure cities.

²⁵ And out of theWho dwelt in Canaan.half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

²⁶ All the cities for the other families of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbes.

²⁷ And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh [they gave]Golan and Kedesh were the cities of refuge under the Gershonites.Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

²⁸ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbes, Dabereh with her suburbes,

²⁹ Iarmuth with her suburbes, En-gannim with her suburbes: foure cities.

³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbes, Abdon with her suburbes,

³¹ Helkah with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbes: foure cities.

³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the citie of refuge for the slaier, Kedesh in Galil with her suburbes, and Hammoth-dor with her suburbes, and Kartan with her suburbes: three cities.

³³ Al the cities of the Gershonites according to their families, were thirteene cities with their suburbes.

³⁴ And unto the families of the children of Merari, theThey are here called the rest, because they are last numbered, and Merari was the younger brother, (Gen_46:11).rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

³⁵ Dimnah with her suburbes, Nahalal, with her suburbes: foure cities.

³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben,Bezer and Ramoch were the cities of refuge under the Merarites and beyond Jordan, (Jos_20:8).Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

³⁷ Kedemoth with her suburbes, and Mephaath with her suburbes: foure cities.

³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad they gaue for a citie of refuge for the slaier, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes,

³⁹ Heshbon with her suburbs, and Iazer with her suburbes: foure cities in all.

⁴⁰ So all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families (which were the rest of the families of the Leuites) were by their lot, twelue cities.

⁴¹ All the cities of the LevitesThus according to Jacob's prophecy they were scattered throughout the country, which God used so that his people might be instructed in the true religion by them.within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

⁴² These cities lay euery one seuerallie with their suburbes round about them: so were all these cities.

⁴³ So the Lord gaue vnto Israel all ye land, which hee had sworne to giue vnto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

⁴⁴ Also the Lorde gaue them rest rounde about according to all that hee had sworne vnto their fathers: and there stoode not a ma of all their enemies before them: for the Lorde deliuered all their enemies into their hand.

⁴⁵ There failed nothing of all the good things, which the Lord hath sayde vnto the house of Israel, but all came to passe.