< 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;
And they approached [the] leaders of [the] fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua [the] son of Nun and to [the] leaders of [the] fathers of the tribes of [the] people 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 at Shiloh in [the] land of Canaan saying Yahweh he commanded by [the] hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in and pasture lands their for livestock our.
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 they gave [the] people of Israel to the Levites some of inheritance their to [the] mouth of Yahweh the cities these and pasture lands their.
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 it came out the lot of [the] clans of the Kohathite[s] and it belonged to [the] descendants of Aaron the priest of the Levites from [the] tribe of Judah and from [the] tribe of the Simeonite[s] and from [the] tribe of Benjamin by the lot cities thir-teen.
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 [belonged] to [the] descendants of Kohath which remained from [the] clans of [the] tribe of Ephraim and from [the] tribe of Dan and from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh by the lot cities ten.
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 [belonged] to [the] descendants of Gershon from [the] clans of [the] tribe of Issachar and from [the] tribe of Asher and from [the] tribe of Naphtali and from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh in Bashan by the lot cities thir-teen.
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 belonged] to [the] descendants of Merari to clans their from [the] tribe of Reuben and from [the] tribe of Gad and from [the] tribe of Zebulun cities two [plus] ten.
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 they gave [the] people of Israel to the Levites the cities these and pasture lands their just as he had commanded Yahweh by [the] hand of Moses by the 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.
And they gave from [the] tribe of [the] descendants of Judah and from [the] tribe of [the] descendants of Simeon the cities these which he called them by name.
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.
And it belonged to [the] descendants of Aaron one of [the] clans of the Kohathite[s] from [the] descendants of Levi for to them it belonged the lot first.
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;
And they gave to them Kiriath Arba [the] father of Anak that [is] Hebron in [the] hill country of Judah and pasture lands its around it.
12 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Yephunneh for his possession.
And [the] field[s] of the city and villages its they gave to Caleb [the] son of Jephunneh possession his.
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,
And to [the] descendants of - Aaron the priest they gave [the] city of refuge of the killer Hebron and pasture lands its and Libnah and pasture lands its.
14 And Yattir with its open spaces, and Eshtemoa' with its open spaces.
And Jattir and pasture lands its and Eshtemoa and pasture lands its.
15 And Cholon with its open spaces, and Debir with its open spaces,
And Holon and pasture lands its and Debir and pasture lands its.
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 pasture lands its and Juttah and pasture lands its Beth Shemesh and pasture lands its cities nine from with [the] two the tribes these.
17 And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gib'on with its open spaces, Geba' with its open spaces,
And from [the] tribe of Benjamin Gibeon and pasture lands its Geba and pasture lands its.
18 'Anathoth with its open spaces, and 'Almon with its open spaces: four cities.
Anathoth and pasture lands its and Almon and pasture lands its cities four.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their open spaces.
All [the] cities of [the] descendants of Aaron the priests [were] thir-teen cities and pasture lands their.
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] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath the Levites who remained of [the] descendants of Kohath and it was [the] cities of lot their from [the] tribe of Ephraim.
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,
And they gave to them [the] city of refuge of the killer Shechem and pasture lands its in [the] hill country of Ephraim and Gezer and pasture lands its.
22 And Kibzayim with its open spaces, and Beth-choron with its open spaces: four cities.
And Kibzaim and pasture lands its and Beth Horon and pasture lands its cities four.
23 And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its open spaces, Gibbethon with its open spaces,
And from [the] tribe of Dan Eltekeh and pasture lands its Gibbethon and pasture lands its.
24 Ayalon with its open spaces, Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: four cities.
Aijalon and pasture lands its Gath Rimmon and pasture lands its cities four.
25 And from the half tribe of Menasseh, Ta'nach with its open spaces, and Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: two cities.
And from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh Taanach and pasture lands its and Gath Rimmon and pasture lands its cities two.
26 All the cities were ten with their open spaces for the families of the children of Kehath that remained.
All [the] cities ten and pasture lands their [belonged] to [the] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath which remained.
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.
And to [the] descendants of Gershon from [the] clans of the Levites from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh [the] city of refuge of the killer (Golan *Q(K)*) in Bashan and pasture lands its and Beeshtarah and pasture lands its cities two.
28 And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishyon with its open spaces, Daberath with its open spaces,
And from [the] tribe of Issachar Kishion and pasture lands its Daberath and pasture lands its.
29 Yarmuth with its open spaces, 'En-gannim with its open spaces: four cities.
Jarmuth and pasture lands its En Gannim and pasture lands its cities four.
30 And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its open spaces, Abdon with its open spaces.
And from [the] tribe of Asher Mishal and pasture lands its Abdon and pasture lands its.
31 Chelkath with its open spaces, and Rechob with its open spaces: four cities.
Helkath and pasture lands its and Rehob and pasture lands its cities four.
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.
And from [the] tribe of Naphtali [the] city of - refuge of the killer Kedesh in Galilee and pasture lands its and Hammoth Dor and pasture lands its and Kartan and pasture lands its cities three.
33 All the cities of the Gershunites according to their families were thirteen cities with their open spaces.
All [the] cities of the Gershonite[s] to clans their [were] thir-teen citi[es] and pasture lands their.
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] clans of [the] descendants of Merari the Levites which remained from with [the] tribe of Zebulun Jokneam and pasture lands its Kartah and pasture lands its.
35 Dimnah with its open spaces, Nahalal with its open spaces: four cities.
Dimnah and pasture lands its Nahalal and pasture lands its cities four.
(And from [the] tribe of Reuben Bezer and pasture lands its and Jahaz and pasture lands its. *R*)
(Kedemoth and pasture lands its and Mephaath and pasture lands its cities four. *R*)
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,
And from [the] tribe of Gad [the] city of refuge of the killer Ramoth in Gilead and pasture lands its and Mahanaim and pasture lands its.
39 Cheshbon with its open spaces, Ya'zer with its open spaces: four cities in all.
Heshbon and pasture lands its Jazer and pasture lands its all [the] cities [were] four.
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] descendants of Merari to clans their which remained of [the] clans of the Levites and it was lot their cities two [plus] ten.
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.
All [the] cities of the Levites in [the] midst of [the] possession of [the] people of Israel [were] cities forty and eight and pasture lands their.
42 These cities were every one with their open spaces round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
They were the cities these a city a city and pasture lands its around it thus for all the cities these.
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 he gave Yahweh to Israel all the land which he had sworn to give to ancestors their and they took possession of it and they 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 rest Yahweh to them from round about according to all that he had sworn to ancestors their and not he stood anyone in faces their from all enemies their all enemies their he gave Yahweh in hand their.
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 it fell a word from every word good which he had spoken Yahweh to [the] house of Israel everything it came.

< Joshua 21 >