Jozua 21
1 Nu verschenen de familiehoofden der Levieten bij den priester Elazar, bij Josuë, den zoon van Noen, en bij de familiehoofden van de israëlietische stammen te Sjilo in het land Kanaän,
While Eleazar the Supreme Priest and Joshua and the leaders of all the Israeli tribes were at Shiloh, the leaders of the clans of the tribe of Levi went to them and said, “Yahweh commanded Moses that you should give us towns where we can have pasture/fields/grassland for our animals, [but you have not done these things yet].”
2 en spraken tot hen: Jahweh heeft door Moses bevolen, ons steden te geven, om er te wonen, met bijbehorende weidegrond voor ons vee.
3 Daarom gaven de Israëlieten naar Jahweh’s bevel de volgende steden met haar weidegronden aan de Levieten.
So the Israeli leaders obeyed this command from Yahweh. They agreed to give towns and pasturelands to the tribe of Levi.
4 Het lot viel het eerst voor de families der Kehatieten. De zonen van Aäron, den levietischen priester, kregen door loting dertien steden uit de stammen Juda, Simeon en Benjamin,
[First] they allotted some cities to the Kohath clans, who belonged to the tribe of Levi. To those who were descendants of the first Supreme Priest Aaron, they allotted 13 towns in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 terwijl de overige families der Kehatieten door het lot tien steden ontvingen uit de stammen Efraïm, Dan en de halve stam van Manasse.
To the other members of the Kohath clan they allotted ten cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh [that lives on the west side of the Jordan River].
6 De Gersjonieten kregen door het lot dertien steden uit de stammen Issakar, Aser, Neftali en de halve stam van Manasse in Basjan.
The people from the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lives on the east side of the Jordan [River].
7 De families der Merarieten kregen twaalf steden uit de stammen Ruben, Gad en Zabulon.
The people from the Merari clans were allotted twelve cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 Dit zijn de steden met haar weidegronden, welke de Israëlieten door het lot aan de Levieten afstonden, zoals Jahweh het door Moses bevolen had.
So the Israeli leaders gave cities and pastureland to the tribe of Levi, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses that they should do.
9 Uit de stammen van de Judeërs en Simeonieten gaven ze de volgende, met name genoemde steden:
These are the names of the cities and surrounding pasturelands that were allotted to them, that were in the areas where the tribes of Judah and Simeon lived.
10 Aan de Aäronieten, een van de geslachten der Kehatieten, die tot de Levieten behoorden,
First, they allotted cities to the members of the Kohath clans.
11 en voor wie het eerste lot was gevallen, gaven ze: Kirjat-Arba of Hebron (deze Arba is de vader van Anak) in het judese bergland met zijn omliggende weidegronden.
They allotted to them Kiriath-Arba (which is [now named] Hebron), in the hilly area of Judah. Arba received its name because Arba was the ancestor of [the giants of] the Anak people-group.
12 Het akkerland van die stad en haar dorpen hadden ze reeds aan Kaleb, den zoon van Jefoenne. in eigendom gegeven;
But the fields and villages surrounding Arba had already been allotted to Caleb.
13 aan de zonen van den priester Aäron gaven ze dus Hebron, de vrijstad voor den moordenaar, met haar weidegronden. Daarenboven Libna,
They allotted to them Hebron, which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected. They also allotted to the Kohath clan the cities of Libnah,
14 Jattir, Esjtemóa,
Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15 Cholon, Debir,
Holon, Debir,
16 Ain, Joetta, Bet-Sjémesj; te zamen negen steden uit deze beide stammen, allen met bijbehorende weidegronden.
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh. Altogether they were allotted those nine cities which were located in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Judah and Simeon.
17 Uit de stam Benjamin: Gibon, Géba,
The Kohath clan was also allotted these four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
18 Anatot, Almon, elk met zijn weidegronden; vier steden.
Anathoth, and Almon. Those cities were in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.
19 In het geheel dus dertien steden met haar bijbehorende weidegronden voor de aäronietische priesters.
Altogether those 13 towns and surrounding pastureland were allotted to the priests who were descended from Aaron.
20 Ook de overige levietische families der Kehatieten, de overige zonen van Kehat, kregen de hun door het lot toegewezen steden. Uit de stam Efraïm
The other members the Kohath clan were allotted four cities and the surrounding pastureland in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.
21 gaf men hun Sikem, de vrijstad voor den moordenaar, in het bergland van Efraïm, met Gézer,
Those cities were Shechem (which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected), Gezer,
22 Kibsáim en Bet-Choron met bijbehorende weidegronden; vier steden.
Kibzaim, and Beth-Horon.
23 Uit de stam Dan: Elteke, Gibton,
They were also allotted four cities and surrounding pastureland in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Dan. Those cities were Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
24 Ajjalon en Gat-Rimmon met hun weidegronden; vier steden.
Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon.
25 Uit de halve stam van Manasse: Taänak en Jibleam met hun weidegronden; twee steden.
They were also allotted two towns and surrounding pastureland that had been allotted to [the] part of the tribe of Manasseh [that lived on the west side of the Jordan River]. Those cities were Taanach and Gath-Rimmon.
26 In het geheel dus tien steden met haar weidegronden voor de families van de overige Kehatieten.
Those were the ten cities and surrounding pastureland that were allotted to the other members of the Kohath clan.
27 De Gersjonieten, een ander geslacht der Levieten, kregen uit de halve stam van Manasse: Golan, de vrijstad voor den moordenaar in Basjan, met Beësjtera en hun weidegronden; twee steden.
They also allotted towns and the surrounding pastureland to the Gershon clans. Those clans were also descended from Levi. They were allotted two cities from the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Manasseh [that is on the east side of the Jordan River]. Those cities were Golan in the Bashan region, which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected, and Be-Eshtarah.
28 Uit de stam Issakar: Kisjon, Daberat,
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Issachar they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Kishion, Daberath,
29 Jarmoet en En-Gannim, elk met zijn weidegronden; vier steden.
Jarmuth, and En-Gannim.
30 Uit de stam Aser: Misjal, Abdon,
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Asher they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Mishal, Abdon,
31 Chelkat en Rechob met hun weidegronden; vier steden.
Helkath, and Rehob.
32 Uit de stam Neftali: Kédesj, de vrijstad voor den moordenaar in Galilea, met Chammot-Dor en Kartan en hun bijbehorende weidegronden; drie steden.
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Naphtali they were allotted three cities. Those cities were Kedesh in the Galilee region (it was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected), Hammoth-Dor, and Kartan.
33 In het geheel dus dertien steden, met haar bijbehorende weidegronden voor de families der Gersjonieten.
So altogether the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities and the surrounding pasturelands.
34 De families der Merarieten, de overige Levieten, kregen uit de stam Zabulon: Jokneam, Karta,
The other descendants of Levi, the ones who belonged to the Merari clans, were also allotted towns and their surrounding pasturelands. From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Zebulun they were allotted four cities. They were Jokneam, Kartah,
35 Dimna en Nahalal, met bijbehorende weidegronden; vier steden.
Dimnah, and Nahalal.
36 Uit de stam Ruben: Béser, Jáhas, Kedemot en Mefáat, met hun weidegronden; vier steden.
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Reuben they were allotted four cities. They were Bezer, Jahaz,
37 Uit de stam Gad: Ramot, de vrijstad voor den moordenaar in Gilad, met Machanáim, Chesjbon en Jazer, met hun weidegronden; vier steden.
Kedemoth, and Mephaath.
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Gad they were allotted four cities. They were Ramoth, which was one of the cities in the Gilead region to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected, Mahanaim,
Heshbon, and Jazer.
40 In het geheel dus twaalf steden volgens lot voor de overblijvende levietische families der Merarieten.
Altogether twelve cities were allotted to the Merari clans.
41 Alles tezamen waren er dus te midden van de bezittingen der Israëlieten acht en veertig Levieten-steden met bijbehorende weidegronden.
So altogether 48 cities were allotted to the tribe of Levi,
42 Die steden bestonden telkens uit een stad met weidegrond er om heen; dit geldt voor al die steden.
and each city had surrounding pastureland.
43 Zo gaf Jahweh aan Israël het gehele land, dat Hij hun vaderen gezworen had te zullen geven. Zij namen het in bezit, en gingen er wonen.
In that way Yahweh allotted to the Israeli people all the land that he had promised to give to their/our ancestors. The Israeli people took control of [most of] those areas and started to live there.
44 En Jahweh gaf hun naar alle kanten rust, juist zoals Hij het hun vaderen onder ede beloofd had. Geen van hun vijanden kon voor hen stand houden; want Jahweh leverde hun al hun vijanden uit.
Just like he had promised our ancestors, Yahweh allowed them/us to have peace with the enemies that surrounded them/us. Yahweh enabled the Israelis/us to defeat their/our enemies.
45 Niet één van alle beloften, die Jahweh het huis van Israël had gedaan, bleef onvervuld; allen werden zij ingelost.
Yahweh did all the things that he had promised to the Israeli people/us. Everything that he said would happen did happen.
