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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joshua 21 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joshua/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/joshua/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Joshua 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/20.htm" title="Joshua 20">◄</a> Joshua 21 <a href="../joshua/22.htm" title="Joshua 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/joshua/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Cities and Pasturelands Allotted to Levi</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So by command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The Gershonites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded through Moses.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Out of the tribe of the people of Judah and the tribe of the people of Simeon they gave the following cities mentioned by name, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the clans of the Kohathites who belonged to the people of Levi; since the lot fell to them first. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Thus the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had given all their enemies into their hands. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/21-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Not one word of all the good promises that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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