21Joshua 21

CHAP. XXI. / 1 Eight and fortie cities giuen by lot, out of the other tribes, vnto the Leuites. 43 God gaue the land, and rest vnto the Israelites, according to his promise.

1Then came neere the heads of the fathers of the Leuites vnto Eleazar the Priest, and vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and vnto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.Select Joshua 21:1

2And they spake vnto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commaunded by the hand of Moses, to giue vs Cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattell.Select Joshua 21:2

3And the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites out of their inheritance at the commandement of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.Select Joshua 21:3

4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the Priest, which were of the Leuites, had by lot out of the tribe of Iudah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin, thirteene cities.Select Joshua 21:4

5And 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, ten cities.Select Joshua 21:5

6And the children 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 halfe tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.Select Joshua 21:6

7The children 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, twelue cities.Select Joshua 21:7

8And the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.Select Joshua 21:8

9And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,Select Joshua 21:9

10Which the children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Leui, had: (for theirs was the first lot.)Select Joshua 21:10

11And they gaue them the citie of Arbah the father of Anak (which citie is Hebron) in the hill countrey of Iudah, with þe suburbs thereof round about it.Select Joshua 21:11

12But the fields of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, for his possession.Select Joshua 21:12

13Thus they gaue to the children of Aaron the Priest Hebron with her suburbs to bee a citie of refuge for the slayer, and Libnah with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:13

14And Iattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs:Select Joshua 21:14

15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs:Select Joshua 21:15

16And Ain with her suburbs, and Iuttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs, nine cities out of those two tribes.Select Joshua 21:16

17And out of the tribe of Beniamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:17

18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs, foure cities.Select Joshua 21:18

19All the cities of the children of Aaron the Priests, were thirteene cities with their suburbs.Select Joshua 21:19

20And the families of the children of Kohath the Leuites, which remained of the children of Kohath, euen they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.Select Joshua 21:20

21For they gaue them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a citie of refuge for the slayer: and Gezer with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:21

22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, foure cities.Select Joshua 21:22

23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibethon with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:23

24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon, with her suburbs: foure cities.Select Joshua 21:24

25And out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs, two cities.Select Joshua 21:25

26All the cities were ten with their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.Select Joshua 21:26

27And vnto the children of Gershon of the families of the Leuites, out of the other halfe tribe of Manasseh, they gaue Golan in Bashan, with her suburbs, to be a citie of refuge for the slayer: and Beeshterah with her suburbs, two cities.Select Joshua 21:27

28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:28

29Iarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs, foure cities.Select Joshua 21:29

30And out of the tribe of Asher Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:30

31Helkah with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs, foure cities.Select Joshua 21:31

32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a citie of refuge for the slayer, and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs, three cities.Select Joshua 21:32

33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.Select Joshua 21:33

34And vnto the families of the children of Merari the rest of the Leuites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Iokneam, with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:34

35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs, foure cities.Select Joshua 21:35

36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Iahazah with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:36

37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs, foure cities.Select Joshua 21:37

38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,Select Joshua 21:38

39Heshbon with her suburbs, Iazer with her suburbs, foure cities in all.Select Joshua 21:39

40So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remayning of the families of the Leuites, were by their lot, twelue cities.Select Joshua 21:40

41All the cities of the Leuites within the possession of the children of Israel, were fourty and eight cities, with their suburbs.Select Joshua 21:41

42These cities were euery one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.Select Joshua 21:42

43And the Lord gaue vnto Israel all the land which hee sware to giue vnto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.Select Joshua 21:43

44And the Lord gaue them rest round about, according to all that he sware vnto their fathers, and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them: the Lord deliuered all their enemies into their hand.Select Joshua 21:44

45There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken vnto the house of Israel: all came to passe.Select Joshua 21:45