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Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .xxi. Chapter. ¶ The cyties geuen to the Leuytes, in nombre .xlviii.

A   And then came the principall fathers of the Leuites vnto Eleazar þe; preaste, and vnto Iosua the s&obar;ne of Nun, and vnto þe; aunci&ebar;t fathers that were ouer the trybes of the children of Israel, ∧ spake vnto them at Silo in the lande of Canaan, saying: note the Lorde commaunded by Moses, to geue vs cyties to dwell in, with the suburbes therof, for oure catell. And þe; childr&ebar; of Israell gaue vnto þe; Leuites out of their enherita&ubar;ce at þe; bidding of þe; Lorde these cyties folowing &wt; their Suburbes.

And the lotte cam out for the kynred of the Cahathites: and the childr&ebar; of Aaron the preaste, which were of the Leuites, had geuen them by lott, out of the trybe of Iuda, out of the trybe of Simeon, and out of þe; trybe of Beniamin: thirtene cyties. And the reast of the children of Cahath had by lotte, out of the kynredes of þe; trybe of Ephraim, out of þe; trybe of Dan, and out of þe; halfe trybe of Manasses: ten cyties. And the childr&ebar; of Gerson had by lotte out of þe; kynredes of the trybe of Isacar, and out of the trybe of Aser, out of the trybe of Nephthali ∧ out of the other halfe trybe of Manasses &ibar; Basan: thirtene cyties. And þe; children of Merari by their kynredes, had out of the trybe of Ruben, B   and out of the trybe of Gad, and out of the trybe of Zabulon, twelue cyties: And the children of Israell gaue by lotte vnto the Leuites these cyties with their Suburbes, as the Lord c&obar;maunded by Moses.

And they gaue out of the trybe of þe; children of Iuda, ∧ out of the trybe of the childr&ebar; of Sime&obar;, these cyties by name: which the children of Aaron be&ibar;g of the kynredes of the Cahathites, ∧ of the childr&ebar; of Leui, obtayned: for theirs was the fyrst lotte.

And they gaue them kariath Arbe of the father of Enack (which is Hebron) in the hyll contreye of Iuda, with the Suburbes of the same rounde about it. But the londe that pertayned to the cytie, and the villages therof, gaue they to note Caleb the sonne ne of Iephune, to be his possession.

And thus they gaue to þe; children of Aaron the preast, a cyte, to the which þe; slayer might flye: euen Hebron with her Suburbes: Libna with her Suburbes: ∧ Iathir with her Suburbes, ∧ Estimoa with her Suburbes: Holon &wt; her Suburbes, Dabir with her Suburbes: Ain with her Suburbes: Iutah with her Suburbes: Bethsames with her Suburbes: nyne cities out of those two trybes. And out of the trybe of Beniamin, they gaue Gibeon with her Suburbes: Gaba &wt; her Suburbes: Anatoth with her Suburbes: Almon with her Suburbes: foure cyties. C   All these cyties of þe; childr&ebar; of Aaron preastes, were thirtine cyties with theyr Suburbes. And þe; kynredes of the children of Cahath that were Leuites: that is to saye the other childr&ebar; of Cahath, had cities geu&ebar; th&ebar; for their lotte, out of the trybe of Ephraim. For they gaue them the cytie þt; the slear might flye vnto: Sichem with her Suburbes, in mount Ephraim: and Gazer with her Suburbes, and Kabzaim with her Suburbes: ∧ Bethhoron with her Suburbes: foure cyties.

And out of the trybe of Dan: Eltheke &wt; her Suburbes: Gibthon with her Suburbes: and Aialon with her Suburbes, Gathremon with her Suburbes: foure cyties.

And out of the halfe trybe of Manasses, Thanach with her suburbes: and Gathremon with her Suburbes: two cyties. All the cyties for the other kynredes of þe; children of Cahath, were ten with their Suburbes.

And vnto the children of Gerson which were of the kynredes of the Leuites, they gaue out of þe; other halfe trybe of Manasses, the cytie of refuge for the slear: Golan in Basan with her Suburbes: ∧ Beestherah with her Suburbes: two cyties. And out of the trybe of Isacar, kision with her Suburbes: and Daberah with her Suburbes: ∧ Iarimoth with her Suburbes: Enganim with her Suburbes: foure cyties.

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Ruben and Gad Buylde an altare And out of the trybe of Aser, Misael with her Suburbes: Abdon &wt; her Suburbes, Halakath with her Suburbes: ∧ Rohob with her Suburbes: foure cyties. And out of the trybe of Nephthali, the cytie for the slear to flye vnto: kedes in Galile with her Suburbes: ∧ Hamothdor with her Suburbes: ∧ Carthan with her Suburbes: thre cities. All the cities of the Gersonites thorowe out their kynredes, were thirtene cyties with their Suburbes.

D   And vnto the other kynredes of the childr&ebar; of Merari, the rest of the Leuites, they gaue out of the trybe of Zabulon: Iecnam with her Suburbes: ∧ Carthah wyth her Suburbes: Damna with her Suburbes, ∧ Nahalal with her Suburbes: foure cyties, And out of the trybe of Rub&ebar;, Bozor with her Suburbes: and Iahelah with her suburbes: kedmoth with her Suburbes, and Maphaath with her Suburbes: foure cyties. And out of the trybe of Gad, they gaue þe; cytie for þe; slear to flye vnto: Ramoth in Gilead with her Suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes, Hesbon with her suburbes: ∧ Iaser with her suburbes: foure cyties in all, so that all the cyties of þe; children of Merari thorow out their kynredes (which were the rest of the kynredes of the Leuites) were by their lot, twelue cyties. And all the cyties þt; the Leuites had am&obar;g the possession of þe; children of Israel were xlviii. with their suburbes. And these cyties laye euery one seuerally, hauyng their suburbes rounde aboute them thorow out all the sayde cyties. And þe; Lorde gaue vnto Israel all the lande which note he sware to geue vnto their fathers. And they conquered it, and dwelt therin. And the Lorde gaue them rest rounde aboute, accordyng to all þt; he sware vnto their fathers: and there stode not a man of all their ennemyes before them. The Lorde also delyuered all theyr enemyes into their handes. noteThere skaped &lhand; nothing of all the good thynges, which the Lord had sayde vnto the house of Israell, But all came to passe.
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Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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