1 The heads of the Levite families approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel,
2 and spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan: "Through Moses the LORD commanded that we be given towns to live in, along with pasturelands for our livestock."
3 So at the LORD's command the children of Israel gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance.
4 The lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The descendants of Aaron the priest, who were Levites, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 The remaining descendants of Kohath were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, the tribe of Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 So the children of Israel allotted these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
9 From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave the following towns, listed here by name.
10 These went to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, since the first lot was theirs.
11 They gave them Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the pasturelands surrounding it. Arba was the father of Anak.
12 But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.
13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, a city of refuge for one who has killed someone, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,
14 Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
15 Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
16 Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands: nine towns from these two tribes.
17 From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
18 Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands: four towns.
19 The towns of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, totaled thirteen, together with their pasturelands.
20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
21 They were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, a city of refuge for one who has killed someone, with its pasturelands, Gezer with its pasturelands,
22 Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands: four towns.
23 From the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
24 Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands: four towns.
25 From the half-tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands: two towns.
26 In all, the remaining Kohathite clans received ten towns with their pasturelands.
27 The Gershonite clans of the Levites were given, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for one who has killed someone, with its pasturelands, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands: two towns.
28 From the tribe of Issachar: Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
29 Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands: four towns.
30 From the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
31 Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands: four towns.
32 From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee, a city of refuge for one who has killed someone, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands: three towns.
33 The towns of the Gershonite clans totaled thirteen, with their pasturelands.
34 The Merarite clans, the remaining Levites, were given from the tribe of Zebulun Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,
35 Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands: four towns.
36 From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,
37 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands: four towns.
38 From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for one who has killed someone, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
39 Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands: four towns in all.
40 So the towns allotted to the Merarite clans, the rest of the Levite clans, numbered twelve.
41 The towns of the Levites within the territory held by the children of Israel totaled forty-eight, together with their pasturelands.
42 Every one of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true of all of them.
43 Thus the LORD gave Israel the whole land he had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and lived there.
44 The LORD gave them rest all around, just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of their enemies could withstand them; the LORD handed all their enemies over to them.
45 Of all the good promises the LORD had made to the house of Israel, not one failed; every one was fulfilled.