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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 Amplified Bible</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">AMP</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/joshua/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Forty-eight Cities of the Levites</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the heads of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>households of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these [forty-eight] cities and their pasture lands, in accordance with the command of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The [first] lot (allotment) came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Levites who were sons (descendants) of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of Simeon and from the tribe of Benjamin. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The rest of the sons of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The sons of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The sons of Merari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They gave these cities which are mentioned here by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, because the lot fell to them first. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They gave them [the city of] Kiriath-arba, <i>Arba being</i> the father of Anak (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the fields of the city and its villages they had given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his property. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands <i>and</i> Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes (Judah and Simeon). <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, and Geba with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, <i>even to</i> the rest of the sons of Kohath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>From the half-tribe of Manasseh, <i>they allotted</i> Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath <i>totaled</i> ten. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, <i>they gave</i> from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, [the city of] Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>From the tribe of Issachar, <i>they gave</i> Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Jarmuth with its pasture lands, and En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>From the tribe of Asher, <i>they gave</i> Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>From the tribe of Naphtali, <i>they gave</i> Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, <i>they gave</i> from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Dimnah with its pasture lands and Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>From the tribe of Reuben, <i>they gave</i> Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>From the tribe of Gad, <i>they gave</i> Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Heshbon with its pasture lands and Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>All [these were] the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the property of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; so it was with all these cities. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers (ancestors), and they took possession of it and lived in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>The LORD gave them rest [from conflict] on every side, in accordance with everything that He had sworn to their fathers, and not one of all their enemies stood before them [in battle]; the LORD handed over all their enemies to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/21-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Not one of the good promises which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel failed; all had come to pass.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>fathers</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> The Levites were divided into three groups, the descendants of Levi’s three sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. But only those Israelites who were descendants of Levi through Kohath’s grandson Aaron could be priests. The priesthood was made hereditary in the family of Aaron and restricted to it; however, even some of these were rendered ineligible by physical disabilities (Lev 21:16ff). The other families of Levi’s descendants, the Gershonites and Merarites, and those Kohathites who were not descended from Aaron, were entrusted with the care of the sanctuary. 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