The Levites ask for their towns, and the other tribes give them forty-eight towns with pasture lands. The chapter ends with God having given Israel all the land he promised, and not a word of his promises failed.
1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest , and unto Joshua the son of Nun , and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel ;
2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan , saying , The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in , with the suburbs thereof for our cattle .
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance , at the commandment of the LORD , these cities and their suburbs .
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites : and the children of Aaron the priest , which were of the Levites , had by lot out of the tribe of Judah , and out of the tribe of Simeon , and out of the tribe of Benjamin , thirteen cities .
5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim , and out of the tribe of Dan , and out of the half tribe of Manasseh , ten cities .
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar , and out of the tribe of Asher , and out of the tribe of Naphtali , and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan , thirteen cities .
7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben , and out of the tribe of Gad , and out of the tribe of Zebulun , twelve cities .
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs , as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses .
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah , and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon , these cities which are here mentioned by name ,
10 Which the children of Aaron , being of the families of the Kohathites , who were of the children of Levi , had: for theirs was the first lot .
11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak , which city is Hebron , in the hill country of Judah , with the suburbs thereof round about it.
12 But the fields of the city , and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession .
13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Libnah with her suburbs ,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs , and Eshtemoa with her suburbs ,
15 And Holon with her suburbs , and Debir with her suburbs ,
16 And Ain with her suburbs , and Juttah with her suburbs , and Bethshemesh with her suburbs ; nine cities out of those two tribes .
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin , Gibeon with her suburbs , Geba with her suburbs ,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs , and Almon with her suburbs ; four cities .
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron , the priests , were thirteen cities with their suburbs .
20 And the families of the children of Kohath , the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath , even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim .
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Gezer with her suburbs ,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs , and Bethhoron with her suburbs ; four cities .
23 And out of the tribe of Dan , Eltekeh with her suburbs , Gibbethon with her suburbs ,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs , Gathrimmon with her suburbs ; four cities .
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh , Tanach with her suburbs , and Gathrimmon with her suburbs ; two cities .
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained .
27 And unto the children of Gershon , of the families of the Levites , out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Beeshterah with her suburbs ; two cities .
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar , Kishon with her suburbs , Dabareh with her suburbs ,
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs , Engannim with her suburbs ; four cities .
30 And out of the tribe of Asher , Mishal with her suburbs , Abdon with her suburbs ,
31 Helkath with her suburbs , and Rehob with her suburbs ; four cities .
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali , Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Hammothdor with her suburbs , and Kartan with her suburbs ; three cities .
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs .
34 And unto the families of the children of Merari , the rest of the Levites , out of the tribe of Zebulun , Jokneam with her suburbs , and Kartah with her suburbs ,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs , Nahalal with her suburbs ; four cities .
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben , Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities .
38 And out of the tribe of Gad , Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Mahanaim with her suburbs ,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs , Jazer with her suburbs ; four cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families , which were remaining 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 and eight cities with their suburbs .
42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities .
43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers ; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And the LORD gave them rest round about , according to all that he sware unto their fathers : and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand .
45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to pass .