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Joshua 21:27-42 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

27. And to the children of Gĕrshon, of the clans of the Lĕwites, from the other half-tribe of Menashsheh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its open land as a city of refuge for the slayer, and Be‛eshterah with its open land – two cities.

28. And from the tribe of Yissasḵar, Qishyon with its open land, Daḇerath with its open land,

29. Yarmuth with its open land, and Ěn Gannim with its open land – four cities.

30. And from the tribe of Ashĕr, Mish’al with its open land, Aḇdon with its open land,

31. Ḥelqath with its open land, and Reḥoḇ with its open land – four cities.

32. And from the tribe of Naphtali, Qeḏesh in Galil with its open land as a city of refuge for the slayer, and Ḥammoth Dor with its open land, and Qartan with its open land – three cities.

33. All the cities of the Gĕrshonites for their clans were thirteen cities with their open land.

34. And to the clans of the children of Merari, the rest of the Lĕwites, from the tribe of Zeḇulun, Yoqne‛am with its open land, Qartah with its open land,

35. Dimnah with its open land, Nahalal with its open land – four cities.

36. And from the tribe of Re’uḇĕn, Betser with its open land, Yahtsah with its open land,

37. Qeḏĕmoth with its open land, and Mĕpha‛ath with its open land – four cities.

38. And from the tribe of Gaḏ, Ramoth in Gil‛aḏ with its open land as a city of refuge for the slayer, and Maḥanayim with its open land,

39. Ḥeshbon with its open land, Ya‛zĕr with its open land – four cities in all.

40. All the cities for the children of Merari for their clans, the rest of the clans of the Lĕwites, were by their lot twelve cities.

41. All the cities of the Lĕwites within the possession of the children of Yisra’ĕl were forty-eight cities with their open lands.

42. Each of these cities had its open land surrounding it. So it was with all these cities.

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