Joshua 21
1 Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel:
Then the tribal leaders of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the leaders of the families of their ancestors within the people of Israel.
2 And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.
They said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “Yahweh commanded you by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to live in, with the pasturelands for our livestock.”
3 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.
So by the command of Yahweh, the people of Israel gave out of their inheritance the following cities, including their pasturelands, to the Levites.
4 And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
The casting of lots for the clans of the Kohathites gave this result: The priests—the descendants of Aaron who were from the Levites—received thirteen cities given from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of the Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin.
5 And to the rest of the children of Caath, that is, to the Levites, who remained, out of the tribes of Ephraim, and of Dan, and the half tribe of Manasses, ten cities.
The rest of the Kohathites were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and from the half tribe of Manasseh.
6 And the lot came out to the children of Gerson, that they should take of the tribes of Issachar and of Aser and of Nephtali, and of the half tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities.
Then the people descended from Gershon were given, by the casting of lots, thirteen cities from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and or Cad and of Zabulon, twelve cities.
The people who were descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot.
So the people of Israel gave, by casting lots, these cities (including their pasturelands) to the Levites, just as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Josue gave cities: whose names are these,
From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they assigned land to the following cities, here listed by name.
10 To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)
These cities were given to the descendants of Aaron, who were among the clans of the Kohathites, who in turn were from the tribe of Levi. For the first casting of lots had fallen to them.
11 The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.
The Israelites gave them Kiriath Arba (Arba had been the father of Anak), the same place as Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the pasturelands around it.
12 But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.
But the fields of the city, including their villages, were already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
13 He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof: and Lobna with the suburbs thereof,
To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasturelands—which was a city of refuge for any who killed another unintentionally—and Libnah with its pasturelands,
14 And Jether and Estemo,
Jattir with its pasturelands, and Eshtemoa with its pasturelands.
15 And Holon, and Dabir,
They also gave Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
16 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.
Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasturelands. There were nine cities that were given from these two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
From the tribe of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
18 And Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.
Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its suburbs—four cities.
19 All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
The cities given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen cities in all, including their pasturelands.
20 And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession.
As for the rest of Kohathites who belong to the Kohathite clans of the Levites—they had cities given to them from the tribe of Ephraim by the casting of lots.
21 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Cater,
To them were given Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim—a city of refuge for any who killed a person unintentionally—Gezer with its pasturelands,
22 And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.
Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth Horon with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
23 And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,
From the tribe of Dan, the clan of Kohath was given Eltekeh with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
24 And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities.
Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
25 And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities.
From the half tribe of Manasseh, the clan of Kohath was given Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities.
26 All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree.
There were ten cities in all for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites, including their pasturelands.
27 To the children of Gerson also of the race of Levi out of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Basan, one of the cities of refuge, and Bosra, with their suburbs, two cities.
From the half tribe of Manasseh, to clans of Gershon, these were other Levite clans, and they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally, along with Be Eshterah with its pasturelands—two cities in all.
28 And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth,
To the clans of Gershon they also gave Kishion from the tribe of Issachar, along with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
29 And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities.
Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En Gannim with its pasturelands—four cities.
30 And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon,
From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
31 And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities.
Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
32 Of the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, three cities.
From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave the clans of Gershon Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally; Hammoth Dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities in all.
33 All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
There were thirteen cities in all, out of the clans of Gershon, including their pasturelands.
34 And to the children of Merari, Levites of the inferior degree, by their families were given of the tribe of Zabulon, Jecnam and Cartha,
To the rest of the Levites—the clans of Merari—were given out of the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,
35 And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs;
Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
36 Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Miser and Jaser and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs.
To the clans of Merari were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,
37 Of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, one of the cities of refuge, and Manaim and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs.
Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities.
Out of the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for any who killed another unintentionally—and Mahanaim with its pasturelands.
The clans of Merari were also given Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands. These were four cities in all.
40 All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.
All these were the cities of the several clans of Merari, who were from the tribe of Levi—twelve cities in all were given to them by the casting of lots.
41 So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,
The cities of the Levites taken from the middle of the land possessed by the people of Israel were forty-eight cities, including their pasturelands.
42 With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.
These cities each had its surrounding pasturelands. It was this way with all these cities.
43 And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it and dwelt in it.
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their ancestors. The Israelites took possession of it and settled there.
44 And he gave them peace from all nations round about: and none of their enemies durst stand against them, but were brought under their dominion.
Then Yahweh gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies could defeat them. Yahweh gave all their enemies into their hand.
45 Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.
Not one thing among all the good promises that Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel failed to come true. All of them came to be.
