'Cities' in the Bible

And the {Israelites} set out and went to their cities on the third day (their cities [were] Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim).

he became very afraid because Gibeon [was] a very large city, {like one of the royal cities}, and because it [was] larger than Ai, and all its men [were] mighty warriors.

But do not stay [there]; pursue after your enemies and attack them from the rear. Do not allow them to go into their cities, for Yahweh your God has given them into your hand."

When Joshua and the {Israelites} had finished striking them [with] a very great blow, until they perished, {those of them who survived} went into the fortified cities,

and captured it, and they struck it with {the edge of the sword}, its king and all its cities, and all the people that [were] in it; he left behind no survivor, as he had done to Eglon, and he utterly destroyed it and all the people that [were] in it.

and he captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with {the the edge of the sword}, and they utterly destroyed all the people that [were] in it; he left behind no survivor, just as he had done to Hebron. Thus he did to Debir and its king what he had done to Libnah and its king.

And Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, and he utterly destroyed them with {the edge of the sword}, as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded.

Israel did not burn the cities standing on their mounds, except Hazor alone, [which] Joshua burned.

And all the spoil and livestock of these cities the {Israelites} took as booty; they struck the people with {the edge of the sword}, until they had destroyed them--they left behind no one who breathed.

At that time Joshua came and exterminated the Anakites from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon up to the border of the {Ammonites};

Heshbon and its cities that [are] on the plateau; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

all of the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon who dwelled in the land.

And the border of the descendants of Reuben [was] the Jordan and [its] banks. This [was] the inheritance of the descendants of Reuben according to their families, the cities, and their villages.

Their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the {Ammonites} up to Aroer, {which is east of Rabbah};

This [is] the inheritance of the {Gadites} according to their families, the cities, and their villages.

Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the settlements of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, sixty cities,

and half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth, Edrei, and the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan; [these were allotted] to the children of Makir son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Makir according to their families.

For the descendants of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a plot of ground to the Levites in the land, only cities to live [in], with their pastureland for their flocks and for their goods.

So now give me this hill country that Yahweh spoke [of] on that day, for you heard on that day that the Anakites [were] there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps Yahweh [is] with me, and I will drive them out just as Yahweh promised."

then the border turns from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and continues from there to the cities of Mount Ephron; the border [then] turns [to] Baalah (that [is], Kiriath Jearim);

the cities belonging to the tribe of the descendants of Judah to the far south, to [the] border of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon; [in] all, twenty-nine cities and their villages.

Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages.

Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.

Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages.

Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages.

Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that [is], Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.

Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.

Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages.

Kiriath Baal (that [is], Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah; two cities and their villages.

Nibshan, the city of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities and their villages.

with the cities that were set apart for the descendants of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages.

Then the border goes down [to] the wadi of Kanah to the south of the wadi. These cities [belong] to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh [is] north of the wadi, and {it ends} at the sea.

And the men went and passed through the land, and they {described} the cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp [at] Shiloh,

Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities and their villages.

Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that [is], Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath; fourteen cities and their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the descendants of Benjamin according to their families.

Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages.

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages,

Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities and their villages.

This [is] the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun according to their families, these cities and their villages.

and the border touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. {Its border ends} at the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages.

This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

[Included were] Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; twenty-two cities and their villages.

This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families, these cities and their villages.

{The fortified cities} [are] Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.

This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families, these cities and their villages.

"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through the hand of Moses.

The killer will flee to one of these cities, stand [at] the entrance of the gate of the city, and {state his case to the elders of that city}; and they will take him into the city and give him a place, and he will dwell among them.

These were the cities designated for all the {Israelites}, and for the foreigners dwelling among them, for anyone that kills a person unintentionally to flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, {until there is a trial} before the congregation.

And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses to give us cities to live [in], with their pasturelands for our livestock."

So, {by command of Yahweh}, the {Israelites} gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands from their inheritance.

The remaining descendants of Kohath [received] by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

The descendants of Gershon [received] by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

The descendants of the Merarites according to their families [received] twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

The {Israelites} gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses.

They gave these cities, which are [here] mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon;

Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes.

Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities.

All the cities of the descendants of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands.

For the families of the descendants of Kohath, the remaining Levites of the descendants of Kohath, they [received] the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

Kibzaim and its pasturelands, and Beth-horon and its pasturelands; four cities.

Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands; four cities.

From the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands; two cities.

All the cities and their pasturelands for the remaining families of the descendants of Kohath [were] ten.

To the descendants of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, and Eshtarah and its pasturelands; two cities.

Jarmuth and its pasturelands, En Gannim and its pasturelands; four cities.

Helkath and its pasturelands, Rehob and its pasturelands; four cities.

From the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands, and Kartan and its pasturelands; three cities.

All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families [were] thirteen cities and their pasturelands.

Dimnah and its pasturelands, and Nahalal and its pasturelands; four cities.

Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands; four cities.

Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands; four cities [in] all.

All [these were] the cities of the descendants of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities.

All the cities of the Levites among the property of the {Israelites} [were] forty-eight cities and their pasturelands.

Each of these cities had pasturelands surrounding them; so [it was] for all of these cities.

I gave to you a land that you have not labored on, and cities that you have not built, and you live in them; you eat [from] vineyards and olive groves that you have not planted.'