Thematic Bible
Joshua 21:1 (show verse)
Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the tribes of the {Israelites}.
Joshua 21:2 (show verse)
And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses to give us cities to live [in], with their pasturelands for our livestock."
Joshua 21:3 (show verse)
So, {by command of Yahweh}, the {Israelites} gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands from their inheritance.
Joshua 21:4 (show verse)
The allotment {fell} for the families of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, {received} by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
Joshua 21:5 (show verse)
The remaining descendants of Kohath [received] by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 21:6 (show verse)
The descendants of Gershon [received] by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
Joshua 21:7 (show verse)
The descendants of the Merarites according to their families [received] twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
Joshua 21:8 (show verse)
The {Israelites} gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses.
Joshua 21:9 (show verse)
They gave these cities, which are [here] mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon;
Joshua 21:10 (show verse)
and they were for the descendants of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites, from the descendants of Levi, because the first lot was theirs.
Joshua 21:11 (show verse)
And they gave to them Kiriath Arba, [Arba being] the father of Anak (that [is], Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and the pasturelands surrounding it.
Joshua 21:12 (show verse)
But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.
Joshua 21:13 (show verse)
To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge [for] the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:14 (show verse)
Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:15 (show verse)
Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:16 (show verse)
Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes.
Joshua 21:17 (show verse)
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:18 (show verse)
Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities.
Joshua 21:19 (show verse)
All the cities of the descendants of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands.
Joshua 21:20 (show verse)
For the families of the descendants of Kohath, the remaining Levites of the descendants of Kohath, they [received] the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
Joshua 21:21 (show verse)
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge [for] the killer, and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:22 (show verse)
Kibzaim and its pasturelands, and Beth-horon and its pasturelands; four cities.
Joshua 21:23 (show verse)
From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:24 (show verse)
Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands; four cities.
Joshua 21:25 (show verse)
From the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands; two cities.
Joshua 21:26 (show verse)
All the cities and their pasturelands for the remaining families of the descendants of Kohath [were] ten.
Joshua 21:27 (show verse)
To the descendants of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, and Eshtarah and its pasturelands; two cities.
Joshua 21:28 (show verse)
From the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:29 (show verse)
Jarmuth and its pasturelands, En Gannim and its pasturelands; four cities.
Joshua 21:30 (show verse)
From the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:31 (show verse)
Helkath and its pasturelands, Rehob and its pasturelands; four cities.
Joshua 21:32 (show verse)
From the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands, and Kartan and its pasturelands; three cities.
Joshua 21:33 (show verse)
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families [were] thirteen cities and their pasturelands.
Joshua 21:34 (show verse)
To the families of the descendants of Merarite, the remaining Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:35 (show verse)
Dimnah and its pasturelands, and Nahalal and its pasturelands; four cities.
Joshua 21:36 (show verse)
From the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its pasturelands, Jahaz and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:37 (show verse)
Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands; four cities.
Joshua 21:38 (show verse)
From the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:39 (show verse)
Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands; four cities [in] all.
Joshua 21:40 (show verse)
All [these were] the cities of the descendants of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities.
Joshua 21:41 (show verse)
All the cities of the Levites among the property of the {Israelites} [were] forty-eight cities and their pasturelands.
Joshua 21:42 (show verse)
Each of these cities had pasturelands surrounding them; so [it was] for all of these cities.
Joshua 21:43 (show verse)
And Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their ancestors, and they took possession of it and {settled in it}.
Joshua 21:44 (show verse)
Yahweh gave them rest on every side, according to all that he had sworn to their ancestors, and nobody from all their enemies withstood them, for Yahweh had given all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua 21:45 (show verse)
And {nothing failed from} all the good things that Yahweh promised to the house of Israel; {everything came to pass}.