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19 ¶ And the second lot came forth to Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba or Sheba, Moladah,
3 Hazarshual, Balah, Azem,
4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
5 Ziklag, Bethmarcaboth, Hazarsusah,
6 Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their villages;
7 Ain, Remmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their villages,
8 with all the villages that were round about these cities unto Baalathbeer, which is Ramath of the Negev. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.
9 Out of the portion of the sons of Judah was taken the inheritance of the sons of Simeon; for the part of the sons of Judah was too much for them; therefore, the sons of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of Judah.
10 ¶ The third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families, and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid.
11 And their border goes up towards the sea and to Maralah and reaches unto Dabbasheth and from there comes to the river that is before Jokneam,
12 and turning from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising to the border of Chislothtabor and then goes out to Daberath and up to Japhia,
13 and from there passes eastward toward the sunrising to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goes out to Remmonmethoar around Neah;
14 and from here this border turns to the north to Hannathon, coming out in the valley of Jiphthahel
15 and including Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
17 ¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the sons of Issachar according to their families.
18 And their border was Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
20 Rabbith, Kishion, Abez,
21 Remeth, Engannim, Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;
22 and this border reaches to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and their border comes out to the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages.
23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, these cities with their villages.
24 ¶ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families.
25 And their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
26 Alammelech, Amad, and Misheal, and reaches to Carmel westward and to Shihorlibnath
27 and turns toward the sunrising to Bethdagon and reaches to Zebulun and to the valley of Jiphthahel to the north, to Bethemek, and to Neiel, and goes out to Cabul on the left hand,
28 and includes Abran, {Hebron} Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
29 and this border turns from there to Horma {Ramah} and to the strong city of Zor; {Tyre} and this border turns to Hosah and comes out to the sea from the stronghold of Achzib,
30 including Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
32 ¶ The sixth lot came out to the sons of Naphtali, for the sons of Naphtali according to their families.
33 And their border was from Heleph, Allon, Zaanannim, Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum, and comes out at the Jordan,
34 and turning westward this border goes to Aznothtabor and passes from there to Hukkok and reaches to Zebulun towards the Negev and reaches to Asher on the west side and to Judah upon the Jordan toward the sunrising.
35 And the strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
37 Kedesh, Edrei, Enhazor,
38 Iron, Migdalel, Horem, Bethanath, and Bethshemesh: nineteen cities with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, these cities with their villages.
40 ¶ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families.
41 And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
42 Shaalabbin, Ajalon, Jethlah,
43 Elon, Thimnathah, Ekron,
44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
45 Jehud, Beneberak, Gathrimmon,
46 Mejarkon, Rakkon, with the border before Joppa.
47 And the border of the sons of Dan went out too little for them; therefore, the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it and smote it with the edge of the sword and possessed it and dwelt therein and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
49 ¶ Thus they finished dividing the land in inheritance by their borders, and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in their midst.
50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked for, which was Timnathserah in mountain of Ephraim; and he rebuilt the city and dwelt therein.
51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. So they finished dividing the land.
20 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke unto you by the hand of Moses,
3 so that the manslayer who kills any person in error and without knowledge may flee there, and they shall be your refuge from the avenger {Heb. redeemer} of blood.
4 And he that flees unto one of these cities shall present himself at the entering of the gate of the city and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; they shall receive him into the city among them and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5 And when the avenger {Heb. redeemer} of blood pursues after him, they shall not deliver the manslayer up into his hand because he smote his neighbour by error, nor did he have enmity with him before.
6 And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days; then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city and unto his own house unto the city from where he fled.
7 ¶ Then they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
8 And on the other side of the Jordan of Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 These were the cities appointed for all the sons of Israel and for the stranger that sojourns among them that anyone who kills any person by error might flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger {Heb. redeemer} of blood until he stands before the congregation.
21 ¶ Then the heads of the fathers of the Levites came near unto Eleazar the priest and unto Joshua, the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel;
2 and they spoke unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in with the suburbs thereof for our beasts.
3 Then the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their possessions, according to the word of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the sons of Aaron the priest, who 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, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the sons 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 half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 And the sons of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe of Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The sons of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 Thus the sons of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 ¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon these cities which are here mentioned by name;
10 and the first lot was of the sons of Aaron, of the family of Kohath, of the sons of Levi;
11 and they gave them the city of Arba of the father of Anak, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about.
12 But the fields of the city and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Thus they gave to the sons of Aaron the priest Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers and Libnah with its suburbs
14 and Jattir with its suburbs and Eshtemoa with its suburbs
15 and Holon with its suburbs and Debir with its suburbs
16 and Ain with its suburbs and Juttah with its suburbs and Bethshemesh with its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs: four cities.
19 All these cities of the priests, the sons of Aaron, are thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 But the families of the sons of Kohath, Levites, those who remained of the sons of Kohath, received cities by lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the mountain of Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for manslayers, and Gezer with its suburbs,
22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, Bethhoron with its suburbs: four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gathrimmon with its suburbs: four cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its suburbs and Gathrimmon with its suburbs: two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the remaining families of the sons of Kohath.
27 And unto the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers, and Beeshterah with its suburbs: two cities.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its suburbs, Dabareh with its suburbs,
29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, Engannim with its suburbs: four cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs: four cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers, and Hammothdor with its suburbs and Kartan with its suburbs: three cities.
33 All the cities of those of Gershon according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 And unto the families of the sons of Merari, Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun they gave them, Jokneam with its suburbs and Kartah with its suburbs,
35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs: four cities.
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahazah,
37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath: four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers; and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the sons of Merari by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
42 Each one of these cities were separated with their suburbs round about them; thus were all these cities.
43 ¶ Thus the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it and dwelt therein.
44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and none of their enemies could stand before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hands.
45 There failed not a word of all the good things which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all of it came to pass.
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