Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.”

The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth.

It then turned on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.

The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.

The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.

The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.

These were the cities of refuge appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly.

When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.

He answered, “Truly I am the commander of the Lord’s army. Now I have arrived!” Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked, “What does my master want to say to his servant?”

His kingdom included the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

After three days the leaders went through the camp

Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim) – a total of fourteen cities and their towns.

The fortified cities included Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you trick us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?

The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.