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Deuteronomy 21

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¹ and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

² and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands,

³ and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes (Judah and Simeon).

⁴ From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, and Geba with its pasture lands,

⁵ Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.

⁶ All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

⁷ Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath.

⁸ 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,

⁹ and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.

¹⁰ From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,

¹¹ Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.

¹² From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.

¹³ All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath totaled ten.

¹⁴ To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, they gave 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.

¹⁵ From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

¹⁶ Jarmuth with its pasture lands, and En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities.

¹⁷ From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

¹⁸ Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities.

¹⁹ From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave 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.

²⁰ All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

²¹ To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands,

²² Dimnah with its pasture lands and Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.

²³ From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,

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1	and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
2	and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands,
3	and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes (Judah and Simeon).
4	From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, and Geba with its pasture lands,
5	Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
6	All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
7	Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath.
8	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,
9	and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.
10	From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
11	Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.
12	From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.
13	All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath totaled ten.
14	To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, they gave 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.
15	From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
16	Jarmuth with its pasture lands, and En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities.
17	From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
18	Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities.
19	From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave 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.
20	All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
21	To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands,
22	Dimnah with its pasture lands and Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.
23	From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,

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