Thencamenear the heads of the fathers of the LevitesuntoEleazar the priest, and untoJoshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
And theyspakeuntothem at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORDcommanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbsthereof for our cattle.
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, whichwere 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, thirteencities.
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 halftribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
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 halftribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteencities.
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Leviteswhichremained of the children of Kohath, eventhey had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the otherhalftribe of ManassehtheygaveGolan in Bashanwith her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterahwith her suburbs; two cities.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galileewith her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdorwith her suburbs, and Kartanwith her suburbs; threecities.
And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneamwith her suburbs, and Kartahwith her suburbs,
And the LORDgavethemrestroundabout, according to all that he swareuntotheirfathers: and therestood not a man of all theirenemiesbeforethem; the LORDdelivered all theirenemiesintotheirhand.