Joshua 21:3

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³So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

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Joshua 21:3 in all English translations

Genesis 49:7

New International Version

⁷Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
and their fury,^(A) so cruel!^(B)
I will scatter them in Jacob
and disperse them in Israel.^(C)

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Genesis 49:7 in all English translations

1 Chronicles 6:54-81

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⁵⁴These were the locations of their settlements^(A) allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):

⁵⁵They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. ⁵⁶But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.^(B)

⁵⁷So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,^[a]^(C) Jattir,^(D) Eshtemoa, ⁵⁸Hilen, Debir,^(E) ⁵⁹Ashan,^(F) Juttah^[b] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,^[c] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth,^(G) together with their pasturelands.

The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

⁶¹The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

⁶²The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

⁶³The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

⁶⁴So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns^(H) and their pasturelands. ⁶⁵From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.

⁶⁶Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,^[d]^(I) ⁶⁸Jokmeam,^(J) Beth Horon,^(K) ⁶⁹Aijalon^(L) and Gath Rimmon,^(M) together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁰And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

⁷¹The Gershonites^(N) received the following:

From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh

they received Golan in Bashan^(O) and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;

⁷²from the tribe of Issachar

they received Kedesh, Daberath,^(P) ⁷³Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;

⁷⁴from the tribe of Asher

they received Mashal, Abdon,^(Q) ⁷⁵Hukok^(R) and Rehob,^(S) together with their pasturelands;

⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naphtali

they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon^(T) and Kiriathaim,^(U) together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁷The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:

From the tribe of Zebulun

they received Jokneam, Kartah,^[e] Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;

⁷⁸from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho

they received Bezer^(V) in the wilderness, Jahzah, ⁷⁹Kedemoth^(W) and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;

⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad

they received Ramoth in Gilead,^(X) Mahanaim,^(Y) ⁸¹Heshbon and Jazer,^(Z) together with their pasturelands.^(AA)

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Footnotes

1 Chronicles 6:57 See Joshua 21:13; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah.
1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.
1 Chronicles 6:60 See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have Gibeon.
1 Chronicles 6:67 See Joshua 21:21; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Shechem, Gezer.
1 Chronicles 6:77 See Septuagint and Joshua 21:34; Hebrew does not have Jokneam, Kartah.

Deuteronomy 33:8-10

New International Version

⁸About Levi^(A) he said:

“Your Thummim and Urim^(B) belong
    to your faithful servant.^(C)
You tested^(D) him at Massah;
    you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.^(E)
⁹He said of his father and mother,^(F)
    ‘I have no regard for them.’
He did not recognize his brothers
    or acknowledge his own children,
but he watched over your word
    and guarded your covenant.^(G)
¹⁰He teaches^(H) your precepts to Jacob
    and your law to Israel.^(I)
He offers incense before you^(J)
    and whole burnt offerings on your altar.^(K)