Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.<n id="1" />p>

The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.p>

All Jerusalem was terrified<n id="1" /> because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

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 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.

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,

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe<n id="1" /> of Judah. This is the western border.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities:<n id="1" /> from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each &#8211; a total of two cities;

from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each &#8211; a total of three cities.