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Cities of the Levites

¹Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the ⚓Levites came near to ⚓Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. ²And they spoke to them at ⚓Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, ⚓“The Lord commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for our livestock.” ³So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their common-lands:
⁴Now the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And ⚓the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, ⚓had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin. ⁵⚓The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
⁶And ⚓the children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
⁷⚓The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
⁸⚓And the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands by lot to the Levites, ⚓as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
⁹So they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are designated by name, ¹⁰which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first. ¹¹⚓And they gave them Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of ⚓Anak), ⚓which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it. ¹²But ⚓the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
¹³Thus ⚓to the children of Aaron the priest they gave ⚓Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), ⚓Libnah with its common-land, ¹⁴⚓Jattir with its common-land, ⚓Eshtemoa with its common-land, ¹⁵⚓Holon with its common-land, ⚓Debir with its common-land, ¹⁶⚓Ain with its common-land, ⚓Juttah with its common-land, and ⚓Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes; ¹⁷and from the tribe of Benjamin, ⚓Gibeon with its common-land, ⚓Geba with its common-land, ¹⁸Anathoth with its common-land, and ⚓Almon with its common-land: four cities. ¹⁹All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common-lands.
²⁰⚓And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹For they gave them ⚓Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), ⚓Gezer with its common-land, ²²Kibzaim with its common-land, and Beth Horon with its common-land: four cities; ²³and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common-land, Gibbethon with its common-land, ²⁴⚓Aijalon with its common-land, and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: four cities; ²⁵and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common-land and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: two cities. ²⁶All the ten cities with their common-lands were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath.
²⁷⚓Also to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave⚓Golan in Bashan with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common-land: two cities; ²⁸and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common-land, Daberath with its common-land, ²⁹Jarmuth with its common-land, and En Gannim with its common-land: four cities; ³⁰and from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common-land, Abdon with its common-land, ³¹Helkath with its common-land, and Rehob with its common-land: four cities; ³²and from the tribe of Naphtali, ⚓Kedesh in Galilee with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common-land, and Kartan with its common-land: three cities. ³³All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their common-lands.
³⁴⚓And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common-land, Kartah with its common-land, ³⁵Dimnah with its common-land, and Nahalal with its common-land: four cities; ³⁶and from the tribe of Reuben, ⚓Bezer with its common-land, Jahaz with its common-land, ³⁷Kedemoth with its common-land, and Mephaath with its common-land: four cities; ³⁸and from the tribe of Gad, ⚓Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land, ³⁹Heshbon with its common-land, and Jazer with its common-land: four cities in all. ⁴⁰So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
⁴¹⚓All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands. ⁴²Every one of these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.

The Promise Fulfilled

⁴³So the Lord gave to Israel ⚓all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they ⚓took possession of it and dwelt in it. ⁴⁴⚓The Lord gave them ⚓rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And ⚓not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. ⁴⁵⚓Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

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Xeem Levis Cov Nroog

¹Xeem Levis cov thawjcoj mus cuag tus povthawj Ele-axas, Noos tus tub Yausuas, thiab txhua xeem Yixalayees cov thawjcoj ntawm tej tsevneeg, ²ntawm lub nroog Silaus hauv tebchaws Kana-as thiab hais tias, “Tus TSWV hais rau Mauxes kom muab ib co nroog uas muaj tshav zaub nyob ibncig rau peb tej tsiaj noj rau peb nyob.” ³Yog li ntawd, cov thawjcoj thiaj faib tej nroog uas muaj tshav zaub hauv lawv tej cheebtsam rau xeem Levis raws li tus TSWV tau hais rau cov Yixalayees lawm.
⁴Xeem Levis uas yog cuab Kauhas yog thawj pab uas cov thawjcoj faib nroog rau. Tus povthawj Aloos cov xeebntxwv tej tsevneeg tau kaum peb lub nroog hauv xeem Yudas, xeem Sime-oos thiab xeem Npeenyamees cheebtsam av. ⁵Dua li lwm tsevneeg ntawm cuab Kauhas tau kaum lub nroog hauv xeem Efalayees, xeem Das thiab xeem Manaxes sab Hnubpoob cheebtsam av.
⁶Cuab Nkesoos tau kaum peb lub nroog hauv xeem Ixakhas, xeem Aseles, xeem Nathalis thiab xeem Manaxes sab Hnubtuaj cheebtsam av.
⁷Cuab Melalis tej tsevneeg tau kaum ob lub nroog hauv xeem Lunpees, xeem Khas thiab xeem Xenpuloos cheebtsam av.
⁸Cov Yixalayees rho ntawv, faib tej nroog uas muaj tshav zaub rau xeem Levis raws li tus TSWV tau hais rau Mauxes lawm.
⁹Tej uas hais los no yog tej npe nroog hauv xeem Yudas thiab xeem Xime-oos cheebtsam av uas muab faib ¹⁰rau Aloos cov xeebntxwv uas yog cuab Kauhas thiab yog Levis cov xeebntxwv. Lawv yog thawj pab uas xub los rho ntawv. ¹¹Lawv rho tau lub nroog Alanpas (Alanpas yog Anas txiv) uas nimno yog lub nroog Henploos hauv xeem Yudas cheebtsam av ua laj roob uas muaj tshav zaub nyob ibncig. ¹²Tiamsis tej teb thiab tej zos uas nyob ibncig lub nroog ntawd twb xub muab rau Yefunes tus tub Kalej ua nws tug lawm.
¹³Cov nroog uas muab ntxiv rau lub nroog Henploos (yog ib lub nroog cawm siav) uas muab faib rau tus povthawj Aloos cov xeebntxwv yog: Linas, ¹⁴Yatis, Etemaus, ¹⁵Hauloos, Denpis, ¹⁶Ayees, Yutas thiab Npethes Semes uas muaj tej tshav zaub, tagnrho muaj cuaj lub nroog nyob hauv xeem Yudas thiab xeem Xime-oos cheebtsam av. ¹⁷Hauv xeem Npeenyamees cheebtsam av yog muaj plaub lub nroog: Nkinpe-oos, Nkenpas, ¹⁸Anathaus thiab Alimoos uas muaj tshav zaub. ¹⁹Tagnrho kaum peb lub nroog uas muab faib rau Aloos cov xeebntxwv uas ua povthawj puavleej muaj tshav zaub.
²⁰Xeem Levis lwm tsevneeg uas yog cuab Kauhas tau cov nroog hauv xeem Efalayees cheebtsam av. ²¹Lawv tau plaub lub nroog: Sekhees (yog lub nroog cawm siav) uas muaj tshav zaub nyob hauv xeem Efalayees cheebtsam av uas ua laj roob, Nkexes, ²²Kixais thiab Npethes Hauloos uas muaj tshav zaub. ²³Hauv xeem Das cheebtsam av, lawv tau plaub lub nroog: Etekes, Nkinpethoos, ²⁴Aiyaloos thiab Nkalimoos uas muaj tshav zaub. ²⁵Hauv xeem Manaxes sab Hnubpoob cheebtsam av, lawv tau ob lub nroog: Tanas thiab Nkalimoos uas muaj tshav zaub. ²⁶Tagnrho kaum lub nroog uas muab rau cuab Kauhas tej tsevneeg puavleej muaj tshav zaub.
²⁷Xeem Levis uas yog cuab Nkesoos tau ob lub nroog hauv xeem Manaxes sab Hnubtuaj cheebtsam av: Nkaulas (yog lub nroog cawm siav) uas nyob hauv Npasas thiab Npetelas uas muaj tshav zaub. ²⁸Hauv xeem Ixakhas cheebtsam av, lawv tau plaub lub nroog: Kisi-oos, Danpelas, ²⁹Yamus thiab Enkanees uas muaj tshav zaub. ³⁰Hauv xeem Aseles cheebtsam av, lawv tau plaub lub nroog: Misales, Adoos, ³¹Hekas thiab Lehaus uas muaj tshav zaub. ³²Hauv xeem Nathalis cheebtsam av, lawv tau peb lub nroog: Kedes (yog lub nroog cawm siav) uas nyob hauv Kalilais, Hamaus Daules thiab Kaletas uas muaj tshav zaub. ³³Tagnrho kaum peb lub nroog uas muab rau cuab Nkesoos tej tsevneeg puavleej muaj tshav zaub.
³⁴Xeem Levis lwm pab uas yog cuab Melalis tau plaub lub nroog hauv xeem Xenpuloos cheebtsam av: Yaune-as, Kaletas, ³⁵Dinas thiab Nahalas uas muaj tshav zaub. ³⁶Hauv xeem Lunpees cheebtsam av, lawv tau plaub lub nroog: Npexeles, Yahas, ³⁷Kedemaus thiab Mefas uas muaj tshav zaub. ³⁸Hauv xeem Khas cheebtsam av, lawv tau plaub lub nroog: Lamaus (yog lub nroog cawm siav) uas nyob hauv Nkile-as, Mahana-ees, ³⁹Hesenpoos thiab Yaxes uas muaj tshav zaub. ⁴⁰Yog li ntawd, cov nroog uas muab rau cuab Melalis tagnrho muaj kaum ob lub nroog.
^41-42Thoob plaws hauv lub tebchaws uas cov Yixalayees nyob, lawv muab plaub caug yim lub nroog uas muaj tshav zaub nyob puagncig rau xeem Levis.

Cov Yixalayees Tau Tebchaws

⁴³Thaum lawv mus tua thiab txeeb tau tagnrho lub tebchaws uas tus TSWV tau coglus tseg rau lawv cov yawgkoob hais tias yuav muab rau lawv lawm. Lawv txawm los nyob hauv lub tebchaws ntawd. ⁴⁴Tus TSWV pub lawv tau nyob thajyeeb lug hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, raws li nws tau coglus tseg rau lawv cov yawgkoob lawm. Lawv cov yeebncuab tsis muaj cuabkav tuaj tawmtsam lawv li, rau qhov tus TSWV cia cov Yixalayees kovyeej lawv tej yeebncuab. ⁴⁵Tus TSWV ua raws li nws tau coglus tseg rau cov Yixalayees lawm.