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coastes thereof, then the children of Israel gaue Leuites vnto Eleazar the Priest, and vnto Ioshua
an inheritance vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun the sonne of Nun, and vnto the chiefe fathers of
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among them. 50 According to the worde of the the tribes of the children of Israel, And spake
Lord they gaue him the citie which hee asked, vnto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,
euen Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and hee The Lord commanded by the hande of Moses,
built the citie and dwelt therein. 51 These are to giue vs cities to dwell in, with the suburbes
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ye heritages which Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua thereof for our cattell. So the children of Israel
the sonne of Nun, and the chiefe fathers of the gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritance at
tribes of the children of Israel deuided by lot the commandement of the Lord these cities with
in Shiloh before the Lord at the doore of the their suburbes. 4 And the lot came out for the
Tabernacle of the Congregation: so they made an families of the Kohathites: and the children of
ende of deuiding the countrey. Aaron ye Priest, which were of the Leuites, had
by lot, out of the tribe of Iudah, and out of the
20 tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin
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1 The Lord also spake vnto Ioshua, saying, thirteene cities. And the rest of the children
of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the
2 Speake to the children of Israel, and say, Ap- tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan,
point you cities of refuge, whereof I spake vnto and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, tenne
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you by the hand of Moses, That the slaier that cities. 6 Also the children of Gershon had by lot
killeth any person by ignorance, and vnwittingly, out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and
may flee thither, and they shall be your refuge out of the tribe of Asher, and out of ye tribe of
from the auenger of blood. 4 And he that doeth Naphtali, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh
flee vnto one of those cities, shall stand at the in Bashan, thirteene cities. 7 The children of
entring of the gate of the citie, and shall shewe Merari according to their families had out of the
his cause to the Elders of the citie: and they tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad,
shall receiue him into the citie vnto them, and and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.
giue him a place, that hee may dwell with them. 8 So the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the
5 And if the auenger of blood pursue after him, Leuites these cities with their suburbes, as the
they shall not deliuer the slaier into his hand Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
because hee smote his neighbour ignorantly, nei- 9 And they gaue out of the tribe of the children
ther hated he him before time: 6 But hee shall of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of
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Simeo, these cities which are here named.
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dwell in that citie vntill hee stande before the they were the childrens of Aaron being of the
Congregation in iudgement, or vntill the death of
the hie Priest that shall be in those daies: then families of the Kohathites, and of the sonnes of
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shall the slaier returne, and come vnto his owne Leui, (for theirs was the first lot) So they gaue
citie, and vnto his owne house, euen vnto the them Kiriath-arba of the father of Anok (which
citie from whence he fled. Then they appointed is Hebron) in the mountaine of Iudah, with the
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Kedesh in Galil in mount Naphtali, and Shechem suburbes of the same round about it. 12 (But the
in mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba, (which is lande of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue
Hebron) in the mountaine of Iudah. And on the they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh to be his
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other side Iorden toward Iericho Eastward, they possession) 13 Thus they gaue to the children of
appoynted Bezer in the wildernesse vpon the Aaron the Priest, a citie of refuge for the slaier,
plaine, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth euen Hebron with her suburbes, and Libnah with
in Gilead, out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in her suburbes, 14 And Iattir with her suburbes,
Bashan, out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These and Eshtemoa, and her suburbes, 15 And Holon
were the cities appoynted for all the children with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,
And Ain with her suburbes, and Iuttah with
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of Israel, and for the stranger that soiourned her suburbes, Beth-shemesh with her suburbes:
among them, that whosoeuer killed any person nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of
ignorantly, might flee thither, and not die by the the tribe of Beniamin they gaue Gibeon with her
hande of the auenger of blood, vntill hee stoode suburbes, Geba with her suburbes, 18 Anathoth
before the Congregation. with her suburbes, and Almon with her suburbes:
foure cities. 19 All the cities of the children of
21 Aaron Priests, were thirteene cities with their
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suburbes.
But to the families of the children of
1 Then came the principall fathers of the