Joshua 21
1 Then came near the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Derpå trådte Overhovederne for Leviternes Fædrenehuse frem for Præsten Eleazar og Josua, Nuns Søn, og Overhovederne for de israelitiske Stammers Fædrenehuse
2 and they spoke unto 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 the open land thereabout for our cattle.'
og talte således til dem i Silo i Kana'ans Land: "HERREN bød ved Moses, at der skulde gives os nogle Byer at bo i med tilhørende Græsmarker til vort Kvæg."
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with the open land about them.
Da afgav Israeliterne i Følge HERRENs Bud af deres Arvelod følgende Byer med Græsmarker til Leviterne.
4 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 the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
Loddet faldt først for Kehatiternes Slægter, således at Præsten Arons Sønner blandt Leviterne ved Lodkastningen fik tretten Byer af Judas, Simeoniternes og Benjamins Stammer,
5 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.
mens de andre Hehatiter ved Lodkastningen efter deres Slægter fik ti Byer af Efraims og Dans Stammer og Manasses halve Stamme.
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.
Gersoniterne fik ved Lodkastningen efter deres Slægter tretten Byer af Issakars, Asers og Naftalis Stammer og Manasses halve Stamme i Basan.
7 The children of Merari according to 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.
Merariterne fik efter deres Slægter tolv Byer af Rubens, Gads og Zebulons Stammer.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with the open land about them, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Og Israeliterne afgav ved Lodkastning følgende Byer med Græsmarker til Leviterne, således som HERREN havde påbudt ved Moses.
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 are here mentioned by name.
Af Judæernes og Simeoniternes Stammer afgav de følgende ved Navn, nævnte Byer.
10 And they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
Arons Sønner, der hørte til Kehatiternes Slægter blandt Levis Sønner - thi for dem faldt Loddet først - fik følgende:
11 And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak — the same is Hebron — in the hill-country of Judah, with the open land round about it.
Man gav dem Anaks Stamfader Arbas By, det er Hebron, i Judas Bjerge, med omliggende Græsmarker;
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
men Byens Mark og Landsbyer gav man Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, i Eje.
13 And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with the open land about it;
Præsten Arons Sønner gav man Hebron, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker, Libna med omliggende Græsmarker,
14 and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;
Jattir med omliggende Græsmarker, Esjtemoa med omliggende Græsmarker,
15 and Holon with the open land about it, and Debir with the open land about it;
Holon med omliggende Græsmarker, Debir med omliggende Græsmarker,
16 and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Asjan med omliggende Græsmarker, Jutta med omliggende Græsmarker og Bet-Sjemesj med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen ni Byer af de to Stammer;
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with the open land about it, Geba with the open land about it;
og af Benjamins Stamme Gibeon med omliggende Græsmarker, Geba med omliggende Græsmarker,
18 Anathoth with the open land about it, and Almon with the open land about it; four cities.
Anatot med omliggende Græsmarker og Alemet med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with the open land about them.
Præsternes, Arons Sønners, Byer udgjorde i alt tretten Byer med omliggende Græsmarker.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Kehatiternes Slægter af Leviterne, de øvrige Kehatiter, fik de Byer af Efraims Stamme, som tildeltes dem ved Lodkastning.
21 And they gave them Shechem with the open land about it in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with the open land about it;
Man gav dem Sikem, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker i Efraims Bjerge, Gezer med omliggende Græsmarker,
22 and Kibzaim with the open land about it, and Beth-horon with the open land about it; four cities.
Kibzajim med omliggende Græsmarker og Bet-Horon med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with the open land about it, Gibbethon with the open land about it;
og af Dans Stamme Elteke med omliggende Græsmarker, Gibbeton med omliggende Græsmarker,
24 Aijalon with the open land about it, Gath-rimmon with the open land about it; four cities.
Ajjalon med omliggende Græsmarker og Gat-Rimmon med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;
25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with the open land about it, and Gath-rimmon with the open land about it; two cities.
og af Manasses halve Stamme Tånak med omliggende Græsmarker og Jibleam med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen to Byer;
26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with the open land about them.
i alt ti Byer med omliggende Græsmarker tilfaldt de øvrige Kehatiters Slægter.
27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer; and Beeshterah with the open land about it; two cities.
Blandt Leviternes Slægter fik fremdeles Gersoniterne af Manasses halve Stamme Golan i Basan, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker og Asjtarot med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen to Byer;
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with the open land about it, Dobrath with the open land about it;
og af Issakars Stamme Kisjjon med omliggende Græsmarker, Daberat med omliggende Græsmarker,
29 Jarmuth with the open land about it, En-gannim with the open land about it; four cities.
Jarmut med omliggende Græsmarker og En-Gannim med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with the open land about it, Abdon with the open land about it;
og af Asers Stamme Misj'al med omliggende Græsmarker, Abdon med omliggende Græsmarker,
31 Helkath with the open land about it, and Rehob with the open land about it; four cities.
Helkat med omliggende Græsmarker og Rehob med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with the open land about it, and Kartan with the open land about it; three cities.
og af Naftalis Stamme Bedesj i Galilæa, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker, Hammot-Dor med omliggende Græsmarker og Hartan med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen tre Byer;
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with the open land about them.
Gersoniternes Byer efter deres Slægter udgjorde i alt tretten med omliggende Græsmarker.
34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with the open land about it, and Kartah with the open land about it;
De øvrige Leviter, Merariternes Slægter, fik af Zebulons Stamme Jokneam med omliggende Græsmarker, Karta med omliggende Græsmarker,
35 Dimnah with the open land about it, Nahalal with the open land about it; four cities.
Rimmona med omliggende Græsmarker og Nahalal med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it;
og hinsides Jordan over for Jeriko af Rubens Stamme Bezer i Ørkenen på Højsletten, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker, Jaza med omliggende Græsmarker.
37 Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath with the open land about it; four cities.
Kedemot med omliggende Græsmarker og Mefa'at med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with the open land about it;
og af Gads Stamme Ramot i Gilead, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker, Mahanajim med omliggende Græsmarker,
39 Heshbon with the open land about it, Jazer with the open land about it; four cities in all.
Hesjbon med omliggende Græsmarker og Ja'zer med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;
40 All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
Byerne, der ved Lodkastningen tilfaldt de øvrige Levitslægter, Merariterne efter deres Slægter, udgjorde i alt tolv.
41 All the cities of the Levites — forty and eight cities with the open land about them — shall be in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel,
Levitbyerne inden for Israeliternes Ejendom udgjorde i alt otte og fyrretyve med omliggende Græsmarker.
42 even these cities, every one with the open land round about it; thus it shall be with all these cities.
Disse Byer skulde hver for sig have de omliggende Græsmarker med; det gjaldt for alle disse Byer.
43 So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Således gav HERREN Israel hele det Land, han havde tilsvoret deres Fædre at ville give dem, og de tog det i Besiddelse og bosatte sig der.
44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies against them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Og HERREN gav dem Ro rundt om, ganske som han havde tilsvoret deres Fædre, og ingen iblandt deres Fjender kunde holde Stand over for dem; alle deres Fjender gav HERREN i deres Hånd.
45 There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Ikke eet af alle de gode Ord, HERREN havde talet til Israels Hus, faldt til Jorden; alle sammen gik de i Opfyldelse.
