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Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua , the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel ;
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And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan , The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have towns for living in, with their grass-lands for our cattle.
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And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord .
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And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah , Simeon, and Benjamin .
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The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half -tribe of Manasseh .
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The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half -tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.
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The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun .
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All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses .
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From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns , listed here by name :
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These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi : for they came first in the distribution.
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They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron ) in the hill -country of Judah , with its grass-lands.
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But the open country round the town , and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb , the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
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And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe , and Libnah with its grass-lands;
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And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;
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And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;
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And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes .
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And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
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Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns .
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Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron , the priests .
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The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim .
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And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill -country of Ephraim , the town where the taker of life might be safe , and Gezer with its grass-lands;
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And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns .
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And from the tribe of Dan , Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;
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Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns .
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And from the half-tribe of Manasseh , Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns .
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All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.
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And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half -tribe of Manasseh , Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe , and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns .
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And from the tribe of Issachar , Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;
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Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns .
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And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:
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Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns .
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And from the tribe of Naphtali , Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe , and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns .
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All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.
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And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun , Jokneam and Kartah with their grass-lands;
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Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns .
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And from the tribe of Reuben , Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;
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Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns .
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And from the tribe of Gad , Ramoth in Gilead , the town where the taker of life might be safe , and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;
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Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns .
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All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families , that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns .
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All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel , were forty -eight towns with their grass-lands.
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Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.
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So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers ; so it became their heritage and their living-place.
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And the Lord gave them peace on every side , as he had said to their fathers : all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands .
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The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.