Joshua Chapter 21
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Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
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The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
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And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan;
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and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.
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And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
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and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
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and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
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and Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
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The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
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And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
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and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
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and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
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and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
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and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
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and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
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And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
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So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
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according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
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These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’
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houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
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And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses,
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that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly
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and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
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And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
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And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime.
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And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
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And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
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And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
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These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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Then came near the heads of fathers’
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houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’
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houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
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and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
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And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
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And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
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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.
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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.
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The children of Merari according to 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.
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And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.
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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
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here mentioned by name:
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Then the chief fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
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and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.
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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs.
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And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
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And the children of Kohath that remained 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.
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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.
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The children of Merari according to their families had by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
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And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.
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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 were mentioned by name,
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and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);
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and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.
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But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,
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and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
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and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
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and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;
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and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
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Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.
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All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
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And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, [they gave cities]. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,
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and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
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and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
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Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;
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and out of half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities.
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All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of half the tribe of Manasseh, [they gave] the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs: two cities;
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and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs, Dabrath and its suburbs,
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Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-gannim and its suburbs: four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
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Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities.
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All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
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And to the families of the children of Merari, that remained of the Levites, [they gave] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,
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Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
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Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
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Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.
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[These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.
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All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.
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Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.
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And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they took possession of it, and dwelt in it.
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And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them: Jehovah gave all their enemies into their hand.
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There failed nothing of all the good things that Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel: all came to pass.
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And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the [son] of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.
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And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle.
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So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round.
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And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
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And to the sons of Caath that were left [were given] by lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasse.
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And the sons of Gedson had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in Basan.
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And the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon.
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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot.
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And the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, and [part] of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned
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to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.
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And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain [country] of Juda, and the suburbs round it.
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But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.
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And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;
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and Ælom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;
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and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;
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and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Bæthsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.
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And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;
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and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
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All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen.
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And to the families, [even] the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there was [given] their priests' city,
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out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;
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and Bæthoron and its suburbs: four cities:
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and of the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs:
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and Ælon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities.
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And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
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In all [were given] ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained.
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And [Joshua gave] to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities.
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And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs;
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and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs;
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and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities.
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And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.
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All the cities of Gedson according to their families [were] thirteen cities.
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And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained, [he gave] out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs,
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and Sella and its suburbs: three cities.
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And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs;
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and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs;
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and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities [were] four in all.
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All [these] cities [were given] to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities.
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All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, [were] forty-eight cities,
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and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities:
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So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.
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And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.
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There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass.
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Accesseruntque principes familiarum Levi ad Eleazarum sacerdotem, et Iosue filium Nun, et ad duces cognationum per singulas tribus filiorum Israel:
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locutique sunt ad eos in Silo Terræ Chanaan, atque dixerunt: Dominus præcepit per manum Moysi, ut darentur nobis urbes ad habitandum, et suburbana earum ad alenda iumenta.
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Dederuntque filii Israel de possessionibus suis iuxta imperium Domini, civitates et suburbana earum.
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Egressaque est sors in familiam Caath filiorum Aaron sacerdotis de tribubus Iuda, et Simeon, et Beniamin, civitates tredecim:
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Et reliquis filiorum Caath, id est Levitis, qui superfuerant de tribubus Ephraim, et Dan, et dimidia tribu Manasse, civitates decem.
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Porro filii Gerson egressa est sors, ut acciperent de tribubus Issachar et Aser et Nephthali, dimidiaque tribu Manasse in Basan civitates numero tredecim.
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Et filiis Merari per cognationes suas de tribubus Ruben et Gad et Zabulon urbes duodecim.
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Dederuntque filii Israel Levitis civitates et suburbana earum, sicut præcepit Dominus per manum Moysi, singulis sorte tribuentes.
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De tribubus filiorum Iuda et Simeon dedit Iosue civitates: quarum ista sunt nomina,
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filiis Aaron per familias Caath Levitici generis (prima enim sors illis egressa est)
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Cariatharbe patris Enac, quæ vocatur Hebron, in monte Iuda, et suburbana eius per circuitum.
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Agros vero, et villas eius dederat Caleb filio Iephone ad possidendum.
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Dedit ergo filiis Aaron sacerdotis Hebron confugii civitatem, ac suburbana eius: et Lobnam cum suburbanis suis:
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et Iether, et Esthemo,
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et Holon, et Dabir,
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et Ain, et Ieta, et Bethsames, cum suburbanis suis: civitates novem de tribubus, ut dictum est, duabus.
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De tribu autem filiorum Beniamin, Gabaon, et Gabæ,
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et Anathoth et Almon, cum suburbanis suis: civitates quattuor.
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Omnes simul civitates filiorum Aaron sacerdotis, tredecim, cum suburbanis suis.
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Reliquis vero per familias filiorum Caath Levitici generis hæc est data possessio.
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De tribu Ephraim urbes confugii, Sichem cum suburbanis suis in monte Ephraim, et Gazer
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et Cibsaim et Beth horon, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
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De tribu quoque Dan, Eltheco et Gabathon,
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et Aialon et Gethremmon, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
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Porro de dimidia tribu Manasse, Thanach et Gethremmon, cum suburbanis suis civitates duæ.
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Omnes civitates decem, et suburbana earum, datæ sunt filiis Caath inferioris gradus.
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Filiis quoque Gerson Levitici generis dedit de dimidia tribu Manasse confugii civitates, Gaulon in Basan, et Bosram, cum suburbanis suis, civitates duas.
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Porro de tribu Issachar, Cesion, et Dabereth,
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et Iaramoth, et Engannim, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
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De tribu autem Aser, Masal et Abdon,
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et Helcath, et Rohob, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
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De tribu quoque Nephthali civitates confugii, Cedes in Galilæa, et Hammoth Dor, et Carthan, cum suburbanis suis, civitates tres.
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Omnes urbes familiarum Gerson, tredecim, cum suburbanis suis.
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Filiis autem Merari Levitis inferioris gradus per familias suas data est de tribu Zabulon, Iecnam et Cartha
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et Damna et Naalol, civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis.
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De tribu Ruben ultra Iordanem contra Iericho civitates refugii, Bosor in solitudine, Misor et Iaser et Iethson et Mephaath, civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis.
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De tribu Gad civitates confugii, Ramoth in Galaad, et Manaim et Hesebon et Iazer, civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis.
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Omnes urbes filiorum Merari per familias et cognationes suas, duodecim.
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Itaque civitates universæ Levitarum in medio possessionis filiorum Israel fuerunt quadraginta octo
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cum suburbanis suis, singulæ per familias distributæ.
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Deditque Dominus Deus Israeli omnem Terram, quam traditurum se patribus eorum iuraverat: et possederunt illam, atque habitaverunt in ea.
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Dataque est ab eo pax in omnes per circuitum nationes: nullusque eis hostium resistere ausus est, sed cuncti in eorum ditionem redacti sunt.
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Ne unum quidem verbum, quod illis præstiturum se esse promiserat, irritum fuit, sed rebus expleta sunt omnia.
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Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
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They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our livestock.”
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The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their pasture lands.
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The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
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The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
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The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
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The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as the LORD commanded by Moses.
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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 mentioned by name:
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and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
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They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
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But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
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Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
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Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
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Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
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Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
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Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
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All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
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The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
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Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.
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Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
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Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.
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Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.
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All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.
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They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
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Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
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Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.
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Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
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Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.
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Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
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All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
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To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
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Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.
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Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
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Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.
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Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
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Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
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All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
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All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
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Each of these cities included their pasture lands around them. It was this way with all these cities.
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So the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
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The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. The LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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Nothing failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
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And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel,
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and they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, `Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.'
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And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:
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And the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities,
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and for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities:
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And for the sons of Gershon <FI>are<Fi> , 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, by lot, thirteen cities.
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For the sons of Merari, for their families, <FI>are<Fi> , out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
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And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.
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And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name;
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and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;
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and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it <FI>is<Fi> Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;
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and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,
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and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
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and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
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and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.
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And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
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Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs--four cities;
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all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, <FI>are<Fi> thirteen cities and their suburbs.
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And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;
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and they give to them the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,
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and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs--four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
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Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs--four cities.
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And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs--two cities;
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all the cities <FI>are<Fi> ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.
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And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs--two cities.
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And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Dabarath and its suburbs,
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Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs--four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
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Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs--four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs--three cities;
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all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, <FI>are<Fi> thirteen cities and their suburbs.
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And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, <FI>are,<Fi> out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,
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Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs--four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,
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Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs--four cities.
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And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
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Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs--<FI> in<Fi> all four cities.
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All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites--their lot is twelve cities.
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All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel <FI>are<Fi> forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.
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These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.
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And Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;
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and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about, according to all that which He hath sworn to their fathers, and there hath not stood a man in their presence of all their enemies, the whole of their enemies hath Jehovah given into their hand;
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there hath not fallen a thing of all the good thing which Jehovah spake unto the house of Israel--the whole hath come.
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).