Shiloh in the Land of Canaan - Joshua 21

Joshua 21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the  Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of  Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the  children of Israel; 

Joshua 21:2 And they spake 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 cattle. 

Joshua 21:3 And the  children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their  inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities  and their suburbs. 

Joshua 21:4 And the lot came out for the  families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the  priest, which 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. 

Joshua 21:5 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. 

Joshua 21:6 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. 

Joshua 21:7 The 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, twelve  cities. 

Joshua 21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the  Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD  commanded by the hand of Moses.   

Joshua 21:9 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, 

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

Joshua 21:11 And they gave them the city  of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the  hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about  it. 

Joshua 21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages  thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his  possession.  

Joshua 21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest  Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the  slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, 

Joshua 21:14 And Jattir  with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 

Joshua 21:15  And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,  Joshua 21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her  suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities  out of those two tribes. 

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

Joshua 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her  suburbs; four cities. 

Joshua 21:19 All the cities of the children of  Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.  

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

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

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

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

Joshua 21:24 Aijalon with  her suburbs, Gath- rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.  

Joshua 21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with  her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.  

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

Joshua 21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families  of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh  they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city  of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs;  two cities. 

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

Joshua 21:29  Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four  cities. 

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

Joshua 21:31 Helkath with  her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.  

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

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

Joshua 21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari,  the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam  with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 

Joshua 21:35  Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four  cities. 

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

Joshua 21:37  Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her  suburbs; four cities. 

Joshua 21:38 And 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, 

Joshua 21:39  Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four  cities in all. 

Joshua 21:40 So all the cities for the children of  Merari by their families, which were remaining of the  families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.  

Joshua 21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession  of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with  their suburbs. 

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

Joshua 21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land  which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they  possessed it, and dwelt therein. 

Joshua 21:44 And the LORD  gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware  unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their  enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies  into their hand. 

Joshua 21:45 There failed not ought of any good  thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel;  all came to pass. KJV

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