^2 (A)“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasture lands round the cities.

² And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and from the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our brothers ^(A)who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasture lands, that they may be gathered to us.

³⁶ Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means ^(A)son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, ³⁷ sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and ^(B)laid it at the apostles' feet.

^11 (A)They gave them ^(B)Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, ^(C)in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture lands round it. ¹² But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

¹³ And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, ^(D)the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, ^(E)Libnah with its pasture lands, ¹⁴ Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, ¹⁵ Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, ¹⁶ Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands—nine cities out of these two tribes; ¹⁷ then out of the tribe of Benjamin, ^(F)Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, ¹⁸ Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands—four cities. ¹⁹ The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

^20 (G)As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ To them were given Shechem, ^(H)the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands, ²² Kibzaim with its pasture lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands—four cities; ²³ and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, ²⁴ Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—four cities; ²⁵ and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—two cities. ²⁶ The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasture lands.

^27 (I)And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, ^(J)the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasture lands—two cities; ²⁸ and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, ²⁹ Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gannim with its pasture lands—four cities; ³⁰ and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, ³¹ Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands—four cities; ³² and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, ^(K)the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three cities. ³³ The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

^34 (L)And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands, ³⁵ Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands—four cities; ³⁶ and out of the tribe of Reuben, ^(M)Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands, ³⁷ Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands—four cities; ³⁸ and out of the tribe of Gad, ^(N)Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, ^(O)Mahanaim with its pasture lands, ^39 (P)Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands—four cities in all. ⁴⁰ As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.

^41 (Q)The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasture lands. ⁴² These cities each had its pasture lands round it. So it was with all these cities.

⁵⁵ to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture lands, ^56 (A)but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ^57 (B)To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, ⁵⁸ Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, ⁵⁹ Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; ⁶⁰ and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon,^[a] Geba with its pasture lands, Alemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.

^61 (C)To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. ⁶² To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan. ^63 (D)To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. ^64 (E)So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasture lands. ⁶⁵ They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin ^(F)these cities that are mentioned by name.

^66 (G)And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands, ^68 (H)Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands, ⁶⁹ Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands, ⁷⁰ and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.

^71 (I)To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and ^(J)Ashtaroth with its pasture lands; ⁷² and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, ⁷³ Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands; ⁷⁴ out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, ⁷⁵ Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands; ⁷⁶ and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands. ^77 (K)To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: ^(L)Rimmono with its pasture lands, ^(M)Tabor with its pasture lands, ⁷⁸ and ^(N)beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands, ⁷⁹ Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands; ⁸⁰ and out of the tribe of Gad: ^(O)Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, ^(P)Mahanaim with its pasture lands, ^81 (Q)Heshbon with its pasture lands, and ^(R)Jazer with its pasture lands.