Common English Bible

Joshua 21:12-22 Common English Bible (CEB)

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.