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Joshua 21:28-45 Modern English Version (MEV)

28. From the tribe of Issachar they assigned Kishion, Daberath,

29. Jarmuth, and En Gannim, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.

30. From the tribe of Asher they assigned Mishal, Abdon,

31. Helkath, and Rehob, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.

32. From the tribe of Naphtali they assigned Kedesh in Galilee (a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, together with the grazing lands of each: three cities.

33. Altogether the Gershonites according to their clans received thirteen cities and their grazing lands.

34. From the tribe of Zebulun they assigned to the descendants of Merari (the remaining Levites): Jokneam, Kartah,

35. Dimnah, and Nahalal, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.

36. From the tribe of Reuben they assigned Bezer, Jahaz,

37. Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.

38. From the tribe of Gad they assigned Ra­moth in Gilead (a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

39. Hesh­bon, and Jazer, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities in all.

40. So twelve cities were allotted for the descendants of Merari according to their clans (the remaining Levite clans).

41. Altogether the Levites received forty-eight cities and their grazing lands within the possessions of the children of Israel.

42. Each of these cities had grazing lands surrounding them. It was this way with all these cities.

43. The Lord gave Israel all the land that He swore to give to their fathers. They took possession of it and lived in it.

44. The Lord gave them rest all around, according to all that He swore to their fathers. Not a man among their enemies stood before them, and the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.

45. Not a single word of all the good things that the Lord had spoken to the children of Israel failed. They all came to pass.

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