Joshua 21:34-45 ▼

34 This is what the Merarite (bitter) clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given (exalted) Jokneam (the people lament), Kartah (city),

35 Dimnah (dunghill), and Nahalal (pasture)—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

36 From the tribe of Reuben they were given (behold a son) Bezer (gold ore), Jahaz (trodden down),

37 Kedemoth (eastern), and Mephaath (splendor / height)—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

38 And from the tribe of Gad they were given (troop) Ramoth (heights) in Gilead (rocky region), a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim (two camps),

39 Heshbon (stronghold), and Jazer (helped)—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.

40 In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari (bitter), the remaining Levite clans.

41 For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites (God prevails).

42 Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.

43 Thus the LORD {YHWH} gave Israel (he wrestles with God) all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

44 And the LORD {YHWH} gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 Not one of all the LORD’s {YHWH} good promises to the house of Israel (he wrestles with God) had failed; everything was fulfilled.