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 came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children 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.
And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common lands for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common lands.
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.
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
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.
And the rest of the children of Kohath 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.
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.
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.
7 And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and or Cad and of Zabulon, twelve cities.
The children 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 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.
And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their common lands, as the LORD 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,
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 are here mentioned 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)
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
11 The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its common lands 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, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for 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,
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its common lands,
14 And Jether and Estemo,
And Jattir with its common lands, and Eshtemoa with its common lands,
15 And Holon, and Dabir,
And Holon with its common lands, and Debir with its common lands,
16 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.
And Ain with its common lands, and Juttah with its common lands, and Bethshemesh with its common lands; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common lands, Geba with its common lands,
18 And Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.
Anathoth with its common lands, and Almon with its common lands; four cities.
19 All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common lands.
20 And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession.
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Cater,
For they gave them Shechem with its common lands in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its common lands,
22 And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.
And Kibzaim with its common lands, and Bethhoron with its common lands; four cities.
23 And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common lands, Gibbethon with its common lands,
24 And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities.
Aijalon with its common lands, Gathrimmon with its common lands; four cities.
25 And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities.
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common lands, and Gathrimmon with its common lands; two cities.
26 All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree.
All the cities were ten with their common lands for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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.
And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its common lands; two cities.
28 And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth,
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its common lands, Dabareh with its common lands,
29 And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities.
Jarmuth with its common lands, Engannim with its common lands; four cities.
30 And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon,
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common lands, Abdon with its common lands,
31 And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities.
Helkath with its common lands, and Rehob with its common lands; four cities.
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.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its common lands, and Kartan with its common lands; three cities.
33 All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their common lands.
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,
And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common lands, and Kartah with its common lands,
35 And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs;
Dimnah with its common lands, Nahalal with its common lands; four cities.
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.
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common lands, and Jahazah with its common lands,
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 common lands, and Mephaath with its common lands; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its common lands,
Heshbon with its common lands, Jazer with its common lands; four cities in all.
40 All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.
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.
41 So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their common lands.
42 With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.
These cities were every one with their common lands surrounding them: thus were 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.
And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.
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.
And the LORD gave them rest on all sides, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered 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.
There failed nothing of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
