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Joshua 21:32-45 New English Translation (NET)

32. from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of three cities.

33. The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

34. They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

35. Dimnah, and Nahalal, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;

36. from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,

37. Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;

38. from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

39. Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

40. The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.

41. The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

42. Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.

43. So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.

44. The Lord made them secure, in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. None of their enemies could resist them.

45. Not one of the Lord’s faithful promises to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; every one was realized.

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