1 T hen the family heads of the Levites came to Eleazar the religious leader, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the family groups of Israel.

2 T hey said to them at Shiloh in Canaan, “The Lord said through Moses to give us cities to live in, as well as fields around them for our cattle.”

3 S o the sons of Israel gave these cities and fields of their land to the Levites, as the Lord had said.

4 T he name drawn first was for the families of the Kohathites. The Levites who were children of Aaron the religious leader received thirteen cities from the families of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

5 T he rest of the sons of Kohath by drawing names received ten cities from the families of Ephraim and Dan and the half-family group of Manasseh.

6 T he sons of Gershon by drawing names received thirteen cities from the families of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-family group of Manasseh in Bashan.

7 T he sons of Merari received twelve cities from the families of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

8 T he sons of Israel by drawing names gave these cities with their fields to the Levites, as the Lord had said through Moses.

9 T hey gave from the families of Judah and Simeon the cities given here by name.

10 T hey were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi. For their name was drawn first.

11 T hey gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) with the fields around it in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

12 B ut the city’s fields and towns had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his own.

13 S o to the sons of Aaron the religious leader they gave Hebron and Libnah with their fields. Hebron was the city where one who killed a man could go to be safe.

14 A nd they gave them Jattir with its fields, Eshtemoa with its fields,

15 H olon with its fields, Debir with its fields,

16 A in with its fields, Juttah with its fields, and Bethshemesh with its fields. There were nine cities from these two family groups.

17 F rom the family of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its fields, Geba with its fields,

18 A nathoth with its fields, and Almon with its fields, four cities.

19 F or the sons of Aaron, the religious leaders, there were thirteen cities in all, with their fields.

20 T hen cities from the family of Ephraim were given to the rest of the families of the people of Kohath, the Levites.

21 T hey gave them Shechem with its fields in the hill country of Ephraim. A man who killed another person could run to Shechem to be safe. And they gave them Gezer with its fields,

22 K ibzaim with its fields, and Beth-horon with its fields, four cities.

23 F rom the family of Dan were given Eletke with its fields, Gibbethon with its fields,

24 A ijalon with its fields, and Gath-rimmon with its fields, four cities.

25 F rom the half-family group of Manasseh were given Taanach with its fields, and Gathrimmon with its fields, two cities.

26 T here were ten cities in all, with their fields, for the rest of the families of the Kohathites.

27 F rom the half-family group of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan and Be-eshterah and their fields to the sons of Gershon, one of the Levite families. A man who killed another person could run to Golan in Bashan to be safe. They were given two cities.

28 F rom the family of Issachar were given Kishion with its fields, Daberath with its fields,

29 J armuth with its fields, and Engannim with its fields, four cities.

30 F rom the family of Asher were given Mishal with its fields, Abdon with its fields,

31 H elkath with its fields, and Rehob with its fields, four cities.

32 F rom the family of Naphtali were given Kedesh in Galilee with its fields, Hammoth-dor with its fields, and Kartan with its fields, three cities. A man who killed another man could run to Kedesh to be safe.

33 T he cities for the families of the Gershonites were thirteen in all, with their fields.

34 T hey gave cities to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the family of Zebulun. They gave them Jokneam with its fields, Kartah with its fields,

35 D imnah with its fields, and Nahalal with its fields, four cities.

36 F rom the family of Reuben were given Bezer with its fields, Jahaz with its fields,

37 K edemoth with its fields, and Mephaath with its fields, four cities.

38 F rom the family of Gad was given Ramoth in Gilead with its fields. A man who killed another person could run to Ramoth in Gilead to be safe. And they gave them Mahanaim with its fields,

39 H eshbon with its fields, and Jazer with its fields, four cities in all.

40 T here were twelve cities in all given to the families of the people of Merari, the rest of the families of the Levites.

41 T he cities of the Levites among the land of the people of Israel were forty-eight cities in all, with their fields.

42 E ach one of these cities had its fields around it. So it was with all these cities.

43 T he Lord gave Israel all the land He had promised to give to their fathers. They took it for their own, and lived in it.

44 T he Lord gave them peace on every side, just as He had promised their fathers. Not one of all those who hated them could stand in front of them. The Lord gave all those who hated them into their hand.

45 E very good promise which the Lord had made to the people of Israel came true.