For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.

And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.

Cities and Pasturelands Allotted to Levi

Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.

And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.”

So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.

These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

They gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.

And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,

Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes;

then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,

Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities.

The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.

To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities;

and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,

Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities;

and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities.

The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.

And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities;

and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,

Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities;

and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,

Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities;

and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.

The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.

And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,

Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities;

and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,

Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities;

and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.

The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.

These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.