Joshua 21
1 And the leaders of the families of Levi approached Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the rulers of the extended families of each of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
Then came near the ancestral heads of the Levites, unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, —and unto the ancestral heads of the tribes, of the sons of Israel;
2 And they spoke to them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, and they said, “The Lord instructed, by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given to us as habitations, with their suburbs to nourish our cattle.”
and spake unto them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: Yahweh himself, commanded, by the hand of Moses, that there should be given unto us cities to dwell in, —with their pasture-lands for our cattle.
3 And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs from their possessions, in accord with the order of the Lord.
So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh, —these cities, with their pasture-lands.
4 And the lot went out for the family of Kohath, of the sons of Aaron, the priest, from the tribes of Judah and Simeon and Benjamin: thirteen cities.
And, when the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites, then had the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levites—out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of the Simeonites and out of the tribe of Benjamin—by lot, thirteen cities.
5 And to the remainder of the sons of Kohath, that is, to the Levites who were left over, there went, from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan, and from the one half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
And, the sons of Kohath that remained, had—out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh—by lot, ten cities.
6 And next the lot went out to the sons of Gershon, so that they would receive, from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali, and from the one half tribe of Manasseh at Bashan: the number of thirteen cities.
And, the sons of Gershon, had—out of families of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe of Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan—by lot, thirteen cities.
7 And to the sons of Merari, by their families, from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun, there went twelve cities.
The sons of Merari, by their families, had—out of the tribe of Reuben and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs to the Levites, just as the Lord instructed by the hand of Moses, distributing to each by lot.
So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities, with their pasture lands, —as Yahweh commanded, by the hand of Moses, by lot.
9 From the tribes of the sons of Judah and Simeon, Joshua gave cities, whose names are these:
Thus then they gave—out of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon—these cities which are mentioned by name.
10 to the sons of Aaron, of the families of Kohath of the stock of Levi, (for the first lot went out for them, )
And the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them, —because, theirs, was the first lot;
11 the city of Arba, the father of Anak, which is called Hebron, on the mountain of Judah, and its surrounding suburbs.
yea there was given unto them, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, —with the pasture land thereof, round about it;
12 Yet truly, the fields and its villages he had given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as a possession.
whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
13 Therefore, he gave to the sons of Aaron the priest, Hebron as a city of refuge, as well as its suburbs, and Libnah, with its suburbs,
But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof, —Libnah also, with her pasture lands;
14 and Jattir, and Eshtemoa,
and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land;
15 and Holon, and Debir,
and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land;
16 and Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their suburbs: nine cities from two tribes, just as has been said.
and Ain, with her pasture land, and Juttah, with her pasture land, Beth-shemesh, with her pasture land, —nine cities, out of these two tribes.
17 Then, from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, he gave Gibeon, and Geba,
And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land, —Geba, with her pasture land;
18 and Anathoth, and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.
Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land, —four cities.
19 All the cities together of the sons of Aaron, the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.
20 Yet truly, the remainder of the families of the sons of Kohath, of the stock of Levi, were given this possession:
And, as for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, which remained of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 from the tribe of Ephraim, Shechem, one of the cities of refuge, with its suburbs, on mount Ephraim, and Gezer,
So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim, —also Gezer, with her pasture land;
22 and Kibzaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities;
and Kibzaim, with her pasture land, and Beth-horon, with her pasture land, —four cities.
23 and from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon,
And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land, —Gibbethon, with her pasture land;
24 and Aijalon and Gath-Rimmon, with their suburbs, four cities;
Aijalon, with her pasture land, Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —four cities.
25 then, from the one half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-Rimmon, with their suburbs, two cities.
And, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, with her pasture land, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —two cities.
26 All the cities were ten, with their suburbs; these were given to the sons of Kohath, of the lesser degree.
All the cities, were ten, with their pasture lands: for the families of the sons of Kohath which remained.
27 Likewise, to the sons of Gershon, of the stock of Levi, from the one half tribe of Manasseh, went Golan in Bashan, one of the cities of refuge, and Bosra, with their suburbs, two cities;
And, the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, had, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Golan in Bashan, with her pasture land, and Be-eshterah, with her pasture land, —two cities.
28 also, from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, and Daberath,
And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, with her pasture land, —Daberath, with her pasture land;
29 and Jarmuth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities;
Jarmuth, with her pasture land, En-gannim, with her pasture land, —four cities.
30 then, from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon,
And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, with her pasture land, Abdon, with her pasture land;
31 and Helkath and Rehob, with their suburbs, four cities;
Helkath, with her pasture land, and Rehob, with her pasture land, —four cities.
32 likewise, from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge, and Hammoth-Dor, and Kartan, with their suburbs, three cities.
And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture land, and Hammoth-dor, with her pasture land, and Kartan, with her pasture land, —three cities.
33 All the cities of the families of Gershon were thirteen, with their suburbs.
All, the cities of the Gershonites, by their families, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.
34 Then, to the sons of Merari, Levites of the lesser degree, by their families, were given, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah,
And, unto the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, with her pasture land, —Kartah, with her pasture land;
35 and Dimnah and Nahalal, four cities with their suburbs;
Dimnah, with her pasture land, Nahalal, with her pasture land, —four cities.
36 from the tribe of Reuben, beyond the Jordan, opposite Jericho, Bezer in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Misor and Jazer, and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs;
And, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, with her pasture land, —and Jahaz, with her pasture land;
37 from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth of Gilead, one of the cities of refuge, and Mahanaim and Heshbon and Jazer, four cities with their suburbs.
Kedemoth, with her pasture land and Mephaath, with her pasture land, —four cities.
And, out of the tribe of Gad, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture land, —and Mahanaim, with her pasture land;
Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land, —in all, four cities.
40 All the cities of the sons of Merari, by their families and extended families, were twelve.
All the cities for the sons of Merari, by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, yea their lot was, twelve, cities.
41 And so all the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight,
All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight cities, with their pasture lands:
42 with their suburbs, each distributed by families.
these cities passed, each severally, with its pasture lands round about it; thus, was it with all these cities.
43 And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn he would deliver to their fathers. And they possessed it, and they lived in it.
So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers, —and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein.
44 And he gave them peace with all the surrounding nations. And none of their enemies dared to stand against them; instead, they were brought under their sovereignty.
And Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers, —and there stood not a man before them, of all their enemies; all their enemies, did Yahweh deliver into their hand.
45 Indeed, not so much as one word that he had promised to provide for them was left empty; instead, everything was fulfilled.
There failed not a thing, out of all the good things, whereof Yahweh had spoken unto the house of Israel, —the whole, came to pass.
