Common English Bible

Joshua 21:11-29 Common English Bible (CEB)

11. They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the highlands of Judah and the pastures around it. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

12. But they had already given the fields of the city and its surrounding areas to Caleb, Jephunneh’s son, as his property.

13. To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave: Hebron, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Libnah and its pastures;

14. Jattir and its pastures; Eshtemoa and its pastures;

15. Holon and its pastures; Debir and its pastures;

16. Ain and its pastures; Juttah and its pastures; and Beth-shemesh and its pastures. Total from these two tribes: nine cities.

17. From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its pastures, Geba and its pastures,

18. Anathoth and its pastures, and Almon and its pastures. In total: four cities.

19. This is the total of all the cities of the priests descended from Aaron: thirteen cities with their pastures.

20. Other clans from the levitical descendants of Kohath still remained from among the descendants of Kohath. Some of their allotted cities were from the tribe of Ephraim.

21. They gave them: Shechem, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures in the highlands of Ephraim; Gezer and its pastures;

22. Kibzaim and its pastures; and Beth-horon and its pastures; in total: four cities.

23. From the tribe of Dan: Elteke and its pastures, Gibbethon and its pastures,

24. Aijalon and its pastures, Gath-rimmon and its pastures; in total: four cities.

25. From half the tribe of Manasseh: Taanach and its pastures, and Gath-rimmon and its pastures; in total: two cities.

26. This is the total of all cities for the clans of the remaining descendants of Kohath: ten cities with their pastures.

27. To the descendants of Gershon, one of the clans of the Levites, from half the tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; and Beeshterah and its pastures; in total: two cities.

28. From the tribe of Issachar: Kishion and its pastures, Daberath and its pastures,

29. Jarmuth and its pastures, En-gannim and its pastures; in total: four cities.