Joshua 21

1 And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons 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 speak to them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, “YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their outskirts for our livestock.”

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 sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of YHWH, these cities and their outskirts:

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 goes out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities by lot,

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 for the sons of Kohath who are left, 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 by lot.

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 for the sons of Gershon, 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, [are] thirteen cities by lot.

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 For the sons of Merari, for their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, [are] 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 sons of Israel give these cities and their outskirts to the Levites, as YHWH 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 give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons 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 they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for the first lot has been theirs;

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 give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its outskirts around 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 and they have given the field of the city and its villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh 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 sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge [for] the manslayer, Hebron and its outskirts, and Libnah and its outskirts,

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 Jattir and its outskirts, and Eshtemoa and its outskirts,

And Jether and Estemo,

15 and Holon and its outskirts, and Debir and its outskirts,

And Holon, and Dabir,

16 and Ain and its outskirts, and Juttah and its outskirts, Beth-Shemesh and its outskirts; nine cities out of these two tribes.

And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its outskirts, Geba and its outskirts,

And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,

18 Anathoth and its outskirts, and Almon and its outskirts—four cities;

And Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.

19 all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, [are] thirteen cities and their outskirts.

All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs.

20 And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of 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 give to them the city of refuge [for] the manslayer, Shechem and its outskirts, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its outskirts,

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Cater,

22 and Kibzaim and its outskirts, and Beth-Horon and its outskirts—four cities.

And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.

23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its outskirts, Gibbethon and its outskirts,

And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,

24 Aijalon and its outskirts, Gath-Rimmon and its outskirts—four cities.

And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities.

25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its outskirts, and Gath-Rimmon and its outskirts—two cities;

And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities.

26 all the cities [are] ten and their outskirts, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.

All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree.

27 And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge [for] the manslayer, Golan in Bashan and its outskirts, and Beeshterah and its outskirts—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 out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its outskirts, Dabarath and its outskirts,

And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth,

29 Jarmuth and its outskirts, En-Gannim and its outskirts—four cities.

And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities.

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its outskirts, Abdon and its outskirts,

And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon,

31 Helkath and its outskirts, and Rehob and its outskirts—four cities.

And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities.

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge [for] the manslayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its outskirts, and Hammoth-Dor and its outskirts, and Kartan and its outskirts—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 Gershonite, for their families, [are] thirteen cities and their outskirts.

All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs.

34 And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, [are, ] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its outskirts, Kartah and its outskirts,

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 and its outskirts, Nahalal and its outskirts—four cities.

And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs;

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its outskirts, and Jahazah and its outskirts,

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.

37 Kedemoth and its outskirts, and Mephaath and its outskirts—four cities.

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 out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge [for] the manslayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its outskirts, and Mahanaim and its outskirts,

39 Heshbon and its outskirts, Jazer and its outskirts—four cities [in] all.

40 All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites—their lot is 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 sons of Israel [are] forty-eight cities, and their outskirts.

So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,

42 These cities are each city and its outskirts around it; so to all these cities.

With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.

43 And YHWH gives to Israel the whole of the land which He has sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;

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 YHWH gives rest to them all around, according to all that which He has sworn to their fathers, and there has not stood a man in their presence of all their enemies, YHWH has given the whole of their enemies 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 has not fallen a thing of all the good thing which YHWH spoke to the house of Israel—the whole has come.

Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.