Joshua 21
1 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;
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:
2 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.
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.
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites from their inheritance, at the order of the Lord, these cities and their open spaces.
And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.
4 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.
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.
5 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.
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.
6 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.
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.
7 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.
And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and or Cad and of Zabulon, twelve cities.
8 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.
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.
9 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.
Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Josue gave cities: whose names are these,
10 And the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kehathites, of the children of Levi, obtained them; —for they had the first lot.
To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)
11 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;
The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.
12 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Yephunneh for his possession.
But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.
13 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,
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,
14 And Yattir with its open spaces, and Eshtemoa' with its open spaces.
And Jether and Estemo,
15 And Cholon with its open spaces, and Debir with its open spaces,
And Holon, and Dabir,
16 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.
And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.
17 And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gib'on with its open spaces, Geba' with its open spaces,
And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
18 'Anathoth with its open spaces, and 'Almon with its open spaces: four cities.
And Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their open spaces.
All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
20 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.
And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession.
21 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,
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Cater,
22 And Kibzayim with its open spaces, and Beth-choron with its open spaces: four cities.
And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.
23 And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its open spaces, Gibbethon with its open spaces,
And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,
24 Ayalon with its open spaces, Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: four cities.
And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities.
25 And from the half tribe of Menasseh, Ta'nach with its open spaces, and Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: two cities.
And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their open spaces for the families of the children of Kehath that remained.
All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree.
27 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.
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.
28 And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishyon with its open spaces, Daberath with its open spaces,
And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth,
29 Yarmuth with its open spaces, 'En-gannim with its open spaces: four cities.
And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities.
30 And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its open spaces, Abdon with its open spaces.
And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon,
31 Chelkath with its open spaces, and Rechob with its open spaces: four cities.
And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities.
32 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.
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.
33 All the cities of the Gershunites according to their families were thirteen cities with their open spaces.
All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
34 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,
And to the children of Merari, Levites of the inferior degree, by their families were given of the tribe of Zabulon, Jecnam and Cartha,
35 Dimnah with its open spaces, Nahalal with its open spaces: four cities.
And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs;
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.
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.
38 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 Cheshbon with its open spaces, Ya'zer with its open spaces: four cities in all.
40 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.
All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.
41 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.
So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,
42 These cities were every one with their open spaces round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.
43 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.
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.
44 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.
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.
45 There failed not aught of all the good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: it all came to pass.
Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.
