So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
Joshua 21:3-42
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And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs:
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And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin thirteen cities.
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And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from the halftribe of Manasseh ten cities.
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And the children of Gershon had by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the halftribe of Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities.
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The children of Merari by their families had from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun twelve cities.
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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.
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And they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah, and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are here mentioned by name,
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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.
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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.
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But the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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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,
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and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
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and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
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and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: nine cities from those two tribes.
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And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
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Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs: four cities.
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All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
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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,
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and Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
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Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs: four cities.
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And from the halftribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs: two cities.
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All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath who remained.
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And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other halftribe 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.
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And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
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Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
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Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: four cities.
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And from 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.
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All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
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Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
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Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: four cities.
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And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
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Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs: four cities in all.
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So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, who were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
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All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
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These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them; thus were all these cities.
1 Chronicles 6:54-81
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Now these are their dwelling places throughout their camps in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot:
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and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
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But the fields of the city and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely: Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs,
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and Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
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and Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs.
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And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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And unto the sons of Kohath who were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the halftribe, namely, out of the halftribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
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And to the sons of Gershom, throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
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And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities, which are called by their names.
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And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem on Mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
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and Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
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and Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs.
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And out of the halftribe of Manasseh: Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
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Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the halftribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs.
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And out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
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and Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs.
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And out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
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and Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs.
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
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Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs.
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And on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
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Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs.
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And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
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and Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.