Cities of the Levites^(A)

21 Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the ^(B)Levites came near to ^(C)Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. ² And they spoke to them at ^(D)Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, ^(E)“The Lord commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for our livestock.” ³ So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their common-lands:

⁴ Now the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And ^(F)the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, ^(G)had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin. ^5 (H)The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

⁶ And ^(I)the children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

^7 (J)The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

^8 (K)And the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands by lot to the Levites, ^(L)as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

^41 (A)All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands. ⁴² Every one of these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.

The Promise Fulfilled

⁴³ So the Lord gave to Israel ^(B)all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they ^(C)took possession of it and dwelt in it. ^44 (D)The Lord gave them ^(E)rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And ^(F)not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. ^45 (G)Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.