No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);<n id="1" /> they had to conquer all of them,<n id="2" />

Their territory started<n id="1" /> from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon,

Their territory started at Aroer<n id="1" /> (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba,

The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns.<n id="1" />p>

Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory<n id="1" /> as far as Aroer near<n id="2" /> Rabbah.

Their territory started at<n id="1" /> Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair<n id="2" /> in Bashan.

Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans.p>

These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah&#8217;s tribal land near the border of Edom:<n id="1" /> Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

But the men<n id="1" /> of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed<n id="2" /> to remain in those areas.

The men journeyed<n id="1" /> through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city<n id="1" /> (that is, Jerusalem),<n id="2" /> Gibeah, and Kiriath &#8211; a total of fourteen cities and their towns.<n id="3" /> This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin<n id="4" /> by its clans.p>

as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.<n id="1" />

Their border touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. They had sixteen cities and their towns.

It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre,<n id="1" /> turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

&#8220;Have the Israelites select<n id="1" /> the cities of refuge<n id="2" /> that I told you about through Moses.

in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.&#8221;

So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the <sc>Lordsc> had instructed.p>

The rest of Kohath&#8217;s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Gershon&#8217;s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the <sc>Lordsc> had instructed Moses.p>