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Then came near[H5066] the heads[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of the Levites[H3881] unto Eleazar[H499] the priest[H3548], and unto Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], and unto the heads[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of the tribes[H4294] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478];
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And they spake[H1696] unto them at Shiloh[H7887]in[H3427] the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], saying[H559], The LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872] to give[H5414] us cities[H5892] to dwell in[H3427], with the suburbs[H4054] thereof for our cattle[H929].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]gave[H5414] unto the Levites[H3881] out of their inheritance[H5159], at the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068], these cities[H5892] and their suburbs[H4054].
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And the lot[H1486] came out[H3318] for the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956]: and the children[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548], which were of the Levites[H3881], had by lot[H1486]out[H3318] of the tribe[H4294] of Judah[H3063], and out[H3318] of the tribe[H4294] of Simeon[H8099], and out[H3318] of the tribe[H4294] of Benjamin[H1144], thirteen[H7969]cities[H5892].
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And the rest[H3498] of the children[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] had by lot[H1486] out of the families[H4940] of the tribe[H4294] of Ephraim[H669], and out of the tribe[H4294] of Dan[H1835], and out of the half[H2677]tribe[H4294] of Manasseh[H4519], ten[H6235]cities[H5892].
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And the children[H1121] of Gershon[H1648] had by lot[H1486] out of the families[H4940] of the tribe[H4294] of Issachar[H3485], and out of the tribe[H4294] of Asher[H836], and out of the tribe[H4294] of Naphtali[H5321], and out of the half[H2677]tribe[H4294] of Manasseh[H4519] in Bashan[H1316], thirteen[H7969]cities[H5892].
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The children[H1121] of Merari[H4847] by their families[H4940] had out of the tribe[H4294] of Reuben[H7205], and out of the tribe[H4294] of Gad[H1410], and out of the tribe[H4294] of Zebulun[H2074], twelve[H8147]cities[H5892].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]gave[H5414] by lot[H1486] unto the Levites[H3881] these cities[H5892] with their suburbs[H4054], as the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872].
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And they gave[H5414] out of the tribe[H4294] of the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063], and out of the tribe[H4294] of the children[H1121] of Simeon[H8095], these cities[H5892] which are here mentioned[H7121] by name[H8034],
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Which the children[H1121] of Aaron[H175], being of the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956], who were of the children[H1121] of Levi[H3878], had: for theirs was the first[H7223]lot[H1486].
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And they gave[H5414] them the city[H7151] of Arba[H704] the father[H1] of Anak[H6061], which city[H7151] is Hebron[H2275], in the hill[H2022] country of Judah[H3063], with the suburbs[H4054] thereof round about[H5439] it.
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But the fields[H7704] of the city[H5892], and the villages[H2691] thereof, gave[H5414] they to Caleb[H3612] the son[H1121] of Jephunneh[H3312] for his possession[H272].
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Thus they gave[H5414] to the children[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548]Hebron[H2275] with her suburbs[H4054], to be a city[H5892] of refuge[H4733] for the slayer[H7523]; and Libnah[H3841] with her suburbs[H4054],
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And Jattir[H3492] with her suburbs[H4054], and Eshtemoa[H851] with her suburbs[H4054],
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And Holon[H2473] with her suburbs[H4054], and Debir[H1688] with her suburbs[H4054],
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And Ain[H5871] with her suburbs[H4054], and Juttah[H3194] with her suburbs[H4054], and Bethshemesh[H1053] with her suburbs[H4054]; nine[H8672]cities[H5892] out of those two[H8147]tribes[H7626].
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And out of the tribe[H4294] of Benjamin[H1144], Gibeon[H1391] with her suburbs[H4054], Geba[H1387] with her suburbs[H4054],
18Anathoth[H6068] with her suburbs[H4054], and Almon[H5960] with her suburbs[H4054]; four[H702]cities[H5892].
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All the cities[H5892] of the children[H1121] of Aaron[H175], the priests[H3548], were thirteen[H7969]cities[H5892] with their suburbs[H4054].
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And the families[H4940] of the children[H1121] of Kohath[H6955], the Levites[H3881] which remained[H3498] of the children[H1121] of Kohath[H6955], even they had the cities[H5892] of their lot[H1486] out of the tribe[H4294] of Ephraim[H669].
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For they gave[H5414] them Shechem[H7927] with her suburbs[H4054] in mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669], to be a city[H5892] of refuge[H4733] for the slayer[H7523]; and Gezer[H1507] with her suburbs[H4054],
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And Kibzaim[H6911] with her suburbs[H4054], and Bethhoron[H1032] with her suburbs[H4054]; four[H702]cities[H5892].
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And out of the tribe[H4294] of Dan[H1835], Eltekeh[H514] with her suburbs[H4054], Gibbethon[H1405] with her suburbs[H4054],
24Aijalon[H357] with her suburbs[H4054], Gathrimmon[H1667] with her suburbs[H4054]; four[H702]cities[H5892].
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And out of the half[H4276]tribe[H4294] of Manasseh[H4519], Tanach[H8590] with her suburbs[H4054], and Gathrimmon[H1667] with her suburbs[H4054]; two[H8147]cities[H5892].
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All the cities[H5892] were ten[H6235] with their suburbs[H4054] for the families[H4940] of the children[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] that remained[H3498].
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And unto the children[H1121] of Gershon[H1648], of the families[H4940] of the Levites[H3881], out of the other half[H2677]tribe[H4294] of Manasseh[H4519] they gave Golan[H1474] in Bashan[H1316] with her suburbs[H4054], to be a city[H5892] of refuge[H4733] for the slayer[H7523]; and Beeshterah[H1203] with her suburbs[H4054]; two[H8147]cities[H5892].
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And out of the tribe[H4294] of Issachar[H3485], Kishon[H7191] with her suburbs[H4054], Dabareh[H1705] with her suburbs[H4054],
29Jarmuth[H3412] with her suburbs[H4054], Engannim[H5873] with her suburbs[H4054]; four[H702]cities[H5892].
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And out of the tribe[H4294] of Asher[H836], Mishal[H4861] with her suburbs[H4054], Abdon[H5658] with her suburbs[H4054],
31Helkath[H2520] with her suburbs[H4054], and Rehob[H7340] with her suburbs[H4054]; four[H702]cities[H5892].
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And out of the tribe[H4294] of Naphtali[H5321], Kedesh[H6943] in Galilee[H1551] with her suburbs[H4054], to be a city[H5892] of refuge[H4733] for the slayer[H7523]; and Hammothdor[H2576] with her suburbs[H4054], and Kartan[H7178] with her suburbs[H4054]; three[H7969]cities[H5892].
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All the cities[H5892] of the Gershonites[H1649] according to their families[H4940] were thirteen[H7969]cities[H5892] with their suburbs[H4054].
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And unto the families[H4940] of the children[H1121] of Merari[H4847], the rest[H3498] of the Levites[H3881], out of the tribe[H4294] of Zebulun[H2074], Jokneam[H3362] with her suburbs[H4054], and Kartah[H7177] with her suburbs[H4054],
35Dimnah[H1829] with her suburbs[H4054], Nahalal[H5096] with her suburbs[H4054]; four[H702]cities[H5892].
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And out of the tribe of Reuben[H7205], Bezer[H1221] with her suburbs, and Jahazah[H3096] with her suburbs,
37Kedemoth[H6932] with her suburbs, and Mephaath[H4158] with her suburbs; four[H702]cities[H5892].
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And out of the tribe[H4294] of Gad[H1410], Ramoth[H7433] in Gilead[H1568] with her suburbs[H4054], to be a city[H5892] of refuge[H4733] for the slayer[H7523]; and Mahanaim[H4266] with her suburbs[H4054],
39Heshbon[H2809] with her suburbs[H4054], Jazer[H3270] with her suburbs[H4054]; four[H702]cities[H5892] in all.
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So all the cities[H5892] for the children[H1121] of Merari[H4847] by their families[H4940], which were remaining[H3498] of the families[H4940] of the Levites[H3881], were by their lot[H1486]twelve[H8147]cities[H5892].
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All the cities[H5892] of the Levites[H3881]within[H8432] the possession[H272] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were forty[H705] and eight[H8083]cities[H5892] with their suburbs[H4054].
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These cities[H5892] were every one[H5892] with their suburbs[H4054] round about[H5439] them: thus were all these cities[H5892].
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And the LORD[H3068]gave[H5414] unto Israel[H3478] all the land[H776] which he sware[H7650] to give[H5414] unto their fathers[H1]; and they possessed[H3423] it, and dwelt[H3427] therein.
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And the LORD[H3068] gave them rest[H5117] round about[H5439], according to all that he sware[H7650] unto their fathers[H1]: and there stood[H5975] not a man[H376] of all their enemies[H341]before[H6440] them; the LORD[H3068]delivered[H5414] all their enemies[H341] into their hand[H3027].
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There failed[H5307] not ought[H1697] of any good[H2896]thing[H1697] which the LORD[H3068] had spoken[H1696] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; all came to pass[H935].