God's Word Translation

Joshua 21:5-12 God's Word Translation (GW)

5. The rest of Kohath’s descendants received 10 cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and half of the tribe of Manasseh.

6. Gershon’s descendants received 13 cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

7. Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

8. The Israelites gave these cities with pasturelands to Levi’s descendants by drawing lots, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

9. These are the names of the cities from the tribes of Judah and Simeon

10. that they gave Aaron’s descendants who were from the families of Kohath in the tribe of Levi. Their lot was the first one drawn.

11. They gave them Kiriath Arba (Arba was Anak’s father) and the pastureland around it. This is the city of Hebron located in the mountains of Judah.

12. But they gave its fields and villages to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, as his possession.