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 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;

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 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.

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 unto the Levites from their inheritance, at the order of the Lord, these cities and their open spaces.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 unto the Levites these cities with their open spaces, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, 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;

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.

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;

And the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kehathites, of the children of Levi, obtained them; —for they had the first lot.

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;

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;

12 and they have given the field of the city and its villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Yephunneh 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,

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,

14 and Jattir and its outskirts, and Eshtemoa and its outskirts,

And Yattir with its open spaces, and Eshtemoa' with its open spaces.

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

And Cholon with its open spaces, and Debir with its open spaces,

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

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.

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

And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gib'on with its open spaces, Geba' with its open spaces,

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

'Anathoth with its open spaces, and 'Almon with its open spaces: four cities.

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

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their open spaces.

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 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.

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,

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,

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

And Kibzayim with its open spaces, and Beth-choron with its open spaces: four cities.

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

And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its open spaces, Gibbethon with its open spaces,

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

Ayalon with its open spaces, Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: four cities.

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

And from the half tribe of Menasseh, Ta'nach with its open spaces, and Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: 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 open spaces for the families of the children of Kehath that remained.

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.

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.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its outskirts, Dabarath and its outskirts,

And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishyon with its open spaces, Daberath with its open spaces,

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

Yarmuth with its open spaces, 'En-gannim with its open spaces: four cities.

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

And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its open spaces, Abdon with its open spaces.

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

Chelkath with its open spaces, and Rechob with its open spaces: 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;

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.

33 all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, [are] thirteen cities and their outskirts.

All the cities of the Gershunites according to their families were thirteen cities with their open spaces.

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 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,

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

Dimnah with its open spaces, Nahalal with its open spaces: four cities.

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

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

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,

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

Cheshbon with its open spaces, Ya'zer with its open spaces: 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 for the children of Merari after their families, they who were remaining of the families of the Levites, even their lot was twelve cities.

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.

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.

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

These cities were every one with their open spaces round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

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 gave unto Israel all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

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 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.

45 there has not fallen a thing of all the good thing which YHWH spoke to the house of Israel—the whole has come.

There failed not aught of all the good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: it all came to pass.