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And the heads of the fathers of the Leviim drew near to Elazar the kohen, and to Yehoshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Yisra’el.
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And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Kena’an, saying, “Yahuah commanded by the hand of Mosheh to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.”
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And the sons of Yisra’el gave to the Leviim from their inheritance, according to the mouth of Yahuah, these cities and their pasturelands.
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And the lot came out for the families of the Qehati. And to the sons of Aharon the kohen, from among the Leviim, there fell by lot from the tribe of Yehudah, and from the tribe of Shimon, and from the tribe of Binyamin, thirteen cities.
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And to the remaining sons of Qehat there fell by lot from the families of the tribe of Efrayim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from half the tribe of Menasheh, ten cities.
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And to the sons of Gershon there fell by lot from the families of the tribe of Yissakhar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naftali, and from half the tribe of Menasheh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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To the sons of Merari according to their families there were from the tribe of Reuven, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities.
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And the sons of Yisra’el gave to the Leviim these cities with their pasturelands by lot, according to what Yahuah had commanded by the hand of Mosheh.
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And they gave from the tribe of the sons of Yehudah and from the tribe of the sons of Shimon these cities that are called by name,
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and they were for the sons of Aharon, from the families of the Qehati, from the sons of Levi, for theirs was the first lot.
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And they gave them Qiryat-Arba—Arba being father of Anaq—which is Chevron, in the hill country of Yehudah, with its pasturelands around it.
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But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Kalev son of Yefunneh as his possession.
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And to the sons of Aharon the kohen they gave Chevron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands; and Livnah with its pasturelands;
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and Yattir with its pasturelands; and Eshtemoa with its pasturelands;
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and Cholon with its pasturelands; and Devir with its pasturelands;
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and Ayin with its pasturelands; and Yuttah with its pasturelands; and Beit-Shemesh with its pasturelands: nine cities from these two tribes.
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And from the tribe of Binyamin: Givon with its pasturelands; Geva with its pasturelands;
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Anatot with its pasturelands; and Almon with its pasturelands: four cities.
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All the cities of the sons of Aharon, the kohenim, were thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
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And for the families of the sons of Qehat, the Leviim who remained from the sons of Qehat, the cities of their lot were from the tribe of Efrayim.
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And they gave them Shekhem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Efrayim; and Gezer with its pasturelands;
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and Qivtzayim with its pasturelands; and Beit-Choron with its pasturelands: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Dan: Elteqe with its pasturelands; Gibbeton with its pasturelands;
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Ayalon with its pasturelands; Gat-Rimmon with its pasturelands: four cities.
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And from half the tribe of Menasheh: Taanakh with its pasturelands; and Gat-Rimmon with its pasturelands: two cities.
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All the cities were ten, with their pasturelands, for the families of the remaining sons of Qehat.
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And to the sons of Gershon, from the families of the Leviim, from half the tribe of Menasheh they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands; and Beeshterah with its pasturelands: two cities.
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And from the tribe of Yissakhar: Qishyon with its pasturelands; Daberat with its pasturelands;
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Yarmut with its pasturelands; Ein-Gannim with its pasturelands: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasturelands; Avdon with its pasturelands;
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Chelqat with its pasturelands; and Rechov with its pasturelands: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Naftali: Qedesh in Galil, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands; and Chammot-Dor with its pasturelands; and Qartan with its pasturelands: three cities.
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All the cities of the Gershoni according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
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And to the families of the sons of Merari, the remaining Leviim, from the tribe of Zevulun: Yoqneam with its pasturelands; Qartah with its pasturelands;
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Dimnah with its pasturelands; Nahalal with its pasturelands: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Reuven: Betzer with its pasturelands; and Yahatz with its pasturelands;
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Qedemot with its pasturelands; and Mefaat with its pasturelands: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gilad, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands; and Machanayim with its pasturelands;
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Cheshbon with its pasturelands; Yazer with its pasturelands: four cities in all.
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All the cities for the sons of Merari according to their families, who remained from the families of the Leviim, were by their lot twelve cities.
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All the cities of the Leviim in the midst of the possession of the sons of Yisra’el were forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.
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These cities were each city with its pasturelands around it. Thus it was with all these cities.
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And Yahuah gave to Yisra’el all the land that He had sworn to give to their fathers. And they possessed it and dwelt in it.
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And Yahuah gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not an ish from all their enemies stood before their face. Yahuah gave all their enemies into their hand.
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Not one word fell from all the good word that Yahuah had spoken to the house of Yisra’el. All came to pass.