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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Simeon</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon according to its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.19.2"><span class="content">Beersheba (or Sheba),</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Beersheba, Sheba</span><span class="ft">; <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.4.28">1 Chron. 4:28</span> does not have </span><span class="fq">Sheba</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Moladah, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen&#8212;thirteen towns and their villages;</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.19.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan&#8212;four towns and their villages&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.19.8"><span class="content">This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah&#8217;s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Zebulun</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.19.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.19.10"><span class="content">The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.19.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Issachar</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.19.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their territory included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.19.18"><span class="content">Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.19.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Asher</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.19.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Their territory included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.19.25"><span class="content">Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Allammelek, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul on the left. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It went to Abdon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:28 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also 21:30); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Ebron</span></span></span><span class="content"> Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.19.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Naphtali</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.19.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.19.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">west, and Judah, the Jordan,</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the east. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.19.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Dan</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.19.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The territory of their inheritance included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.19.41"><span class="content">Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.19.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Elon, Timnah, Ekron, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.19.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JOS.19.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.19.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.19.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.19.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">(When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.19.47"></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.19.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Joshua</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.19.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JOS.19.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them, </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.19.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for&#8212;Timnath Serah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:50 </span><span class="ft">Also known as </span><span class="fqa">Timnath Heres </span><span class="ft">(see <span class="ref" usfm="JDG.2.9">Judges 2:9</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.19.50"></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.19.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Cities of Refuge</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Joshua: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state their case before the elders of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.20.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Towns for the Levites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.21.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The first lot came out for the Kohathites, according to their clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The rest of Kohath&#8217;s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.21.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.21.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.21.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded through Moses.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.21.8"></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.21.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">(these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.21.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.21.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jattir, Eshtemoa, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Holon, Debir, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands&#8212;nine towns from these two tribes.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.21.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them: Gibeon, Geba, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands&#8212;four towns.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.21.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The total number of towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.21.19"></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.21.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.21.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands&#8212;four towns.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.21.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Also from the tribe of Dan they received: Eltekeh, Gibbethon, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands&#8212;four towns.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.21.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">From half the tribe of Manasseh they received: Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands&#8212;two towns.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.21.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.21.26"></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.21.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.21.27"><span class="content">from the half-tribe of Manasseh,</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.21.27"><span class="content">Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands&#8212;two towns;</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.21.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Issachar,</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.21.28"><span class="content">Kishion, Daberath, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jarmuth and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands&#8212;four towns;</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.21.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Asher,</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.21.30"><span class="content">Mishal, Abdon, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands&#8212;four towns;</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.21.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Naphtali,</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.21.32"><span class="content">Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands&#8212;three towns.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.21.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.21.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The total number of towns of the Gershonite clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.21.33"></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.21.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.21.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.21.34"><span class="content">from the tribe of Zebulun,</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.21.34"><span class="content">Jokneam, Kartah, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.21.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands&#8212;four towns;</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.21.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.21.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Reuben,</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.21.36"><span class="content">Bezer, Jahaz, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.21.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands&#8212;four towns;</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.21.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.21.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Gad,</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.21.38"><span class="content">Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.21.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands&#8212;four towns in all.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.21.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.21.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.21.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.21.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.21.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.21.42"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.21.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.21.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.21.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave all their enemies into their hands. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JOS.21.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Not one of all the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">58</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 58</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do you rulers indeed speak justly?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">Do you judge people with equity?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">No, in your heart you devise injustice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">and your hands mete out violence on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even from birth the wicked go astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their venom is like the venom of a snake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">that will not heed the tune of the charmer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">however skillful the enchanter may be.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, tear out the fangs of those lions!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them vanish like water that flows away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">whether they be green or dry&#8212;the wicked will be swept away.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">58:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then people will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the righteous still are rewarded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">surely there is a God who judges the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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