Joshua 21:3-42
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.And 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 half- tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.And 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 half- tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.The children of Merari according to 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.And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name:and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.And they gave them Kiriath- arba, which Arba was the father of Anak( the same is Hebron), in the hill- country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth- shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill- country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth- horon with its suburbs; four cities.And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath- rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.And out of the half- tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath- rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half- tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be- eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,Jarmuth with its suburbs, En- gannim with its suburbs; four cities.And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth- dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
1 Chronicles 6 54-1 Chronicles 6 81
Now these are their dwelling- places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites( for theirs was the first lot),to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth- shemesh with its suburbs;and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half- tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill- country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth- horon with its suburbs,and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath- rimmon with its suburbs;and out of the half- tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half- tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs,and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs;and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
