Joshua 21

1 Then the chief fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Then came near the heads of the divisions of the Levites unto Elazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the divisions of the tribes of the children of Israel;

2 and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.

And they spoke unto them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give unto us cities to dwell in, with the open spaces thereof for our cattle.

3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs.

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites from their inheritance, at the order of the Lord, these cities and their open spaces.

4 And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

And the lot came out for the families of the Kehathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, obtained from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin, by lot, thirteen cities.

5 And the children of Kohath that remained had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

And the rest of the children of Kehath obtained from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from the half tribe of Menasseh, by lot, ten cities.

6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the 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, thirteen cities.

And the children of Gershon obtained from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half tribe of Menasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.

7 The children of Merari according to their families had by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

The children of Merari after their families obtained from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities with their open spaces, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which were mentioned by name,

And they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah, and from the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are called by name.

10 and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);

And the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kehathites, of the children of Levi, obtained them; —for they had the first lot.

11 and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.

And they gave unto them Kiryath-arba', [the father of 'Anak, ] which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with the open spaces thereof round about it;

12 But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Yephunneh for his possession.

13 And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,

And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hebron with its open spaces, and Libnah with its open spaces,

14 and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

And Yattir with its open spaces, and Eshtemoa' with its open spaces.

15 and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,

And Cholon with its open spaces, and Debir with its open spaces,

16 and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;

And 'Ayin with its open spaces, and Yuttah with its open spaces, and Beth-shemesh with its open spaces: nine cities from those two tribes.

17 and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,

And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gib'on with its open spaces, Geba' with its open spaces,

18 Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.

'Anathoth with its open spaces, and 'Almon with its open spaces: four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their open spaces.

20 And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, [they gave cities]. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,

And the families of the children of Kehath, the Levites, who remained of the children of Kehath, obtained the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

21 and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

And they gave to them the city of refuge for the manslayer, Shechem with its open spaces in the mountain of Ephraim, and Gezer with its open spaces,

22 and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities;

And Kibzayim with its open spaces, and Beth-choron with its open spaces: four cities.

23 and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,

And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its open spaces, Gibbethon with its open spaces,

24 Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;

Ayalon with its open spaces, Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: four cities.

25 and out of half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities.

And from the half tribe of Menasseh, Ta'nach with its open spaces, and Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: two cities.

26 All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

All the cities were ten with their open spaces for the families of the children of Kehath that remained.

27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of half the tribe of Manasseh, [they gave] the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs: two cities;

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, [they gave] from the other half tribe of Menasseh the city of refuge for the manslayer, Golan in Bashan with its open spaces, and Be'eshterah with its open spaces: two cities.

28 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs, Dabrath and its suburbs,

And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishyon with its open spaces, Daberath with its open spaces,

29 Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-gannim and its suburbs: four cities;

Yarmuth with its open spaces, 'En-gannim with its open spaces: four cities.

30 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,

And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its open spaces, Abdon with its open spaces.

31 Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;

Chelkath with its open spaces, and Rechob with its open spaces: four cities.

32 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities.

And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Kedesh in Galilee with its open spaces, and Chammothdor with its open spaces, and Karthan with its open spaces: three cities.

33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs.

All the cities of the Gershunites according to their families were thirteen cities with their open spaces.

34 And to the families of the children of Merari, that remained of the Levites, [they gave] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,

And unto the families of the children of Merari, the remainder of the Levites, [they gave] from the tribe of Zebulun, Yokne'am with its open spaces, and Karthah with its open spaces,

35 Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;

Dimnah with its open spaces, Nahalal with its open spaces: four cities.

36 and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,

37 Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;

38 and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

And from the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Ramoth in Gil'ad with its open spaces, and Machanayim with its open spaces,

39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.

Cheshbon with its open spaces, Ya'zer with its open spaces: four cities in all.

40 [These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.

All the cities for the children of Merari after their families, they who were remaining of the families of the Levites, even their lot was twelve cities.

41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their open spaces.

42 Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.

These cities were every one with their open spaces round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

43 And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they took possession of it, and dwelt in it.

And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

44 And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them: Jehovah gave all their enemies into their hand.

And the Lord gave them rest round about, all just as he had sworn unto their fathers: and there stood not up before them a man of all their enemies; all their enemies the Lord delivered into their hand.

45 There failed nothing of all the good things that Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel: all came to pass.

There failed not aught of all the good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: it all came to pass.