Common English Bible

Joshua 21:20-38 Common English Bible (CEB)

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.

30. From the tribe of Asher: Mishal and its pastures, Abdon and its pastures,

31. Helkath and its pastures, and Rehob and its pastures; in total: four cities.

32. From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee, the refuge city for the killer, and its pastures; Hammoth-dor and its pastures; and Kartan and its pastures; in total: three cities.

33. This is the total of all cities of the Gershonites for their clans: thirteen cities with their pastures.

34. To the clans of the descendants of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam and its pastures, Kartah and its pastures,

35. Dimnah and its pastures, Nahalal and its pastures; in total: four cities.

36. From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer and its pastures, Jahaz and its pastures,

37. Kedemoth and its pastures, and Mephaath and its pastures; in total: four cities.

38. From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Mahanaim and its pastures;