Joshua 21:13

Joshua 21:13 says, Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,  The next several verses simply name the cities given to the priests, stating with the descendants of Aaron.  Verse fourteen states, And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,  Verse fifteen, And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,  Verse sixteen, And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.  Verse seventeen, And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,  Verse eighteen, Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. Then verse nineteen concludes, All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.   Aarons descendants received a total of thirteen cities.  Verse twenty states,  And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.  Now, we have a list of the cities given to the descendants of Kohath, a Levite.  Verse twenty-one says, For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, Verse twenty-two, And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.  Verse twenty-three, And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,  Verse twenty-four, Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.  Verse twenty-five, And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.  Then verse twenty-six concludes, All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.  Kohath and his descendants received ten cities.  Verse twenty-seven says,  And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.  We now have a list of the cities given to the descendants of Gershon, another Levite.  Verse twenty-eight, And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,  Verse twenty-nine, Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.  Verse thirty, And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,  Verse thirty-one, Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.  Verse thirty-two, And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.  Verse thirty-three, All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburb.  Gershon and his descendants received thirteen cities.  Verse thirty-four states, And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,  Now we have a list of the cities given to Merari and the rest of the Levites.  Verse thirty-five, Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.  Verse thirty-six, And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,  Verse thirty -seven. Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.  Verse thirty-eight, And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,  Verse thirty-nine, Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.  Then verse forty concludes, So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.  Merari and the rest of the Levites received a total of twelve cities.  These cities of the Levites were spread throughout the land of Israel, and each group included a city of refuge.  We today as Christians are spread throughout the world, and wherever we are should be a place of refuge from the sins of the world.  Verse forty-one says, All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.  Verse forty-two adds, These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.  The priests had a total of forty-eight cities and their suburbs.  Verse forty-three declares, And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.   God fulfilled His promise to the people of Israel, just as He always has and always will fulfill His promises.  Verse forty-four adds, And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.  God had defeated all their enemies when they were obedient to Him, and He will defeat all our enemies if we are obedient to Him today.  Verse forty-five concludes, There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.  Nothing good that God had promised to the people of Israel failed to be fulfilled, nor will what God promises us today.