1Then the heads of the fathers of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel. 2And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah has commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common lands for our cattle. 3And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the mouth of Jehovah, these cities and their common lands: 4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin. 5The rest of the sons of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh. 6And the sons of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 7The sons of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun. 8And the sons of Israel gave these cities with their common lands by lot to the Levites, as Jehovah had commanded by the hand of Moses. 9And they gave from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon these cities which are designated by name, 10which were for the sons of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the sons of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. 11And they gave them Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common land surrounding it. 12But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession. 13Thus to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Libnah with its common land, 14Jattir with its common land, Eshtemoa with its common land, 15Holon with its common land, Debir with its common land, 16Ain with its common land, Juttah with its common land, and Beth Shemesh with its common land: nine cities from those two tribes; 17and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common land, Geba with its common land, 18Anathoth with its common land, and Almon with its common land: four cities. 19All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common lands. 20And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the sons of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim. 21For they gave them Shechem with its common land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common land, 22Kibzaim with its common land, and Beth Horon with its common land: four cities; 23and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common land, Gibbethon with its common land, 24Aijalon with its common land, and Gath Rimmon with its common land: four cities; 25and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common land and Gath Rimmon with its common land: two cities. 26All the ten cities with their common lands were for the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath. 27Also to the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common land: two cities; 28and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common land, Daberath with its common land, 29Jarmuth with its common land, and En Gannim with its common land: four cities; 30and from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common land, Abdon with its common land, 31Helkath with its common land, and Rehob with its common land: four cities; 32and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common land, and Kartan with its common land: three cities. 33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their common lands. 34And to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common land, Kartah with its common land, 35Dimnah with its common land, and Nahalal with its common land: four cities; 36and from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common land, Jahaz with its common land, 37Kedemoth with its common land, and Mephaath with its common land: four cities; 38and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common land, 39Heshbon with its common land, and Jazer with its common land: four cities in all. 40So all the cities for the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. 41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common lands. 42Every one of these cities had its common land surrounding it; thus were all these cities. 43Thus Jehovah gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it. 44And Jehovah gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45Not a word failed of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.