Joshua 21:35-40

Contemporary English Version

Towns from Zebulun, Reuben, Gad

^34-40The rest of the Levi clans were descendants of Merari, and they received twelve towns with the pastureland around them. Four towns were from the tribe of Zebulun, four from Reuben, and four from Gad.

Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmonah,^[a] and Nahalal were from Zebulun.

Bezer, Jazah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath were from Reuben. Bezer was located in the desert flatlands east of the Jordan River across from Jericho.^[b]

Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer were from Gad.

Bezer and Ramoth in Gilead were Safe Towns^[c] for people who had accidentally killed someone.

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Footnotes

21.34-40 Rimmonah: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
21.34-40 Bezer … Jericho: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
21.34-40 Bezer and Ramoth in Gilead were Safe Towns: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Ramoth in Gilead was a Safe Town.”