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Joshua 21:9-25 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

9. 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 here mentioned by name,

10. Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

11. And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the pasture lands round about it.

12. But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

13. Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its pasture lands,

14. And Jattir with its pasture lands, and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

15. And Holon with its pasture lands, and Debir with its pasture lands,

16. And Ain with its pasture lands, and Juttah with its pasture lands, and Bethshemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities out of those two tribes.

17. And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

18. Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.

19. All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

20. And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

21. For they gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its pasture lands,

22. And Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Bethhoron with its pasture lands; four cities.

23. And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,

24. Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gathrimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.

25. And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gathrimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.

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