Joshua 21
1 And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the [son] of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.
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;
2 And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about 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 us cities to dwell in, with the open land thereabout for our cattle.'
3 So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round.
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.
4 And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
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.
5 And to the sons of Caath that were left were [given by] lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasse.
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 sons of Gedson had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in Basan.
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 the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon.
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.
8 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot.
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.
9 And the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, and [part] of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned
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 family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.
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.
11 And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain [country] of Juda, and the suburbs round it.
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.
12 But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;
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;
14 and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;
and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;
15 and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;
and Holon with the open land about it, and Debir with the open land about it;
16 and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.
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.
17 And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with the open land about it, Geba with the open land about it;
18 and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
Anathoth with the open land about it, and Almon with the open land about it; four cities.
19 All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen.
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with the open land about them.
20 And to the families, [even] the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there was [given] their priests' city,
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.
21 out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;
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;
22 and Baethoron and its suburbs: four cities:
and Kibzaim with the open land about it, and Beth-horon with the open land about it; four cities.
23 and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with the open land about it, Gibbethon with the open land about it;
24 and Aelon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities.
Aijalon with the open land about it, Gath-rimmon with the open land about it; four cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
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.
26 In all [were given] ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained.
All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with the open land about them.
27 And [Joshua gave] to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities.
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.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs;
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with the open land about it, Dobrath with the open land about it;
29 and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities.
Jarmuth with the open land about it, En-gannim with the open land about it; four cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs;
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with the open land about it, Abdon with the open land about it;
31 and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities.
Helkath with the open land about it, and Rehob with the open land about it; four cities.
32 And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.
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.
33 All the cities of Gedson according to their families [were] thirteen cities.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with the open land about them.
34 And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained, [he gave] out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs,
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;
35 and Sella and its suburbs: three cities.
Dimnah with the open land about it, Nahalal with the open land about it; four cities.
36 And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs; and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it;
37 And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs; and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities [were] four in all.
Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath with the open land about it; four cities.
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;
Heshbon with the open land about it, Jazer with the open land about it; four cities in all.
40 All [these] cities [were given] to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities.
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.
41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, [were] forty-eight cities,
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,
42 and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities.
even these cities, every one with the open land round about it; thus it shall be with all these cities.
43 So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and lived in it.
So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.
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.
45 There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass.
There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
