The Wilderness Years

For the tribe of the children of Ruben by their families, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the number of their kindreds, and half of the tribe of Manasses,

That is, two tribes and a half, have received their portion beyond the Jordan over against Jericho at the east side.

And the Lord said to Moses:

These are the names of the men, that shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun,

And one prince of every tribe,

Whose names are these: Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.

Of the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammiud.

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chaselon.

Of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bocci the son of Jogli.

Of the children of Joseph of the tribe of Manasses, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Camuel the son of Sephtan.

Of the tribe of Zabulon, Elisaphan the son of Pharnach.

Of the tribe of Issachar, Phaltiel the prince, the son of Ozan.

Of the tribe of Aser, Ahiud the son of Salomi.

Of the tribe of Nephtali: Phedael the son of Ammiud.

These are they Whom the Lord hath commanded to divide the land of Chanaan to the children of Israel.

And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho:

Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions,

Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for them cattle and beasts:

Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces on every side:

Toward the east shall be two thousand cubits: and toward the south in like manner shall be two thousand cubits: toward the sea also, which looketh to the west, shall be the same extent: and the north side shall be bounded with the like limits. And the cities shall be in the midst, and the suburbs without.

And among the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he who hath shed blood may flee to them: and besides these there shall be other forty-two cities,

That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.

And of these cities which shall be given out of the possessions of the children of Israel, from them that have more, more shall be taken: and from them that have less, fewer. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the extent of their inheritance.

The Lord said to Moses: