Lexham English Bible

Joshua 21:9-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

9. They gave these cities, which are here mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon;

10. and they were for the descendants of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites, from the descendants of Levi, because the first lot was theirs.

11. And they gave to them Kiriath Arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and the pasturelands surrounding it.

12. But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.

13. To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands,

14. Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

15. Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

16. Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes.

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

18. Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities.

19. All the cities of the descendants of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands.

20. For the families of the descendants of Kohath, the remaining Levites of the descendants of Kohath, they received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

21. They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,

22. Kibzaim and its pasturelands, and Beth-horon and its pasturelands; four cities.

23. From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands,