Joshua 21

1 Then the heads of ancestral houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of ancestral houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

and to approach: approach head: leader father [the] Levi to(wards) Eleazar [the] priest and to(wards) Joshua son: child Nun and to(wards) head: leader father [the] tribe to/for son: descendant/people Israel

2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."

and to speak: speak to(wards) them in/on/with Shiloh in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan to/for to say LORD to command in/on/with hand: by Moses to/for to give: give to/for us city to/for to dwell and pasture their to/for animal our

3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.

and to give: give son: descendant/people Israel to/for Levi from inheritance their to(wards) lip: word LORD [obj] [the] city [the] these and [obj] pasture their

4 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.

and to come out: casting(lot) [the] allotted to/for family [the] Kohathite and to be to/for son: descendant/people Aaron [the] priest from [the] Levi from tribe Judah and from tribe [the] Simeon and from tribe Benjamin in/on/with allotted city three ten

5 The rest of the descendants of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

and to/for son: descendant/people Kohath [the] to remain from family tribe Ephraim and from tribe Dan and from half tribe Manasseh in/on/with allotted city ten

6 The descendants of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

and to/for son: descendant/people Gershon from family tribe Issachar and from tribe Asher and from tribe Naphtali and from half tribe Manasseh in/on/with Bashan in/on/with allotted city three ten

7 The descendants of Merari according to their families had twelve cities by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

to/for son: descendant/people Merari to/for family their from tribe Reuben and from tribe Gad and from tribe Zebulun city two ten

8 The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as the LORD commanded by Moses.

and to give: give son: descendant/people Israel to/for Levi [obj] [the] city [the] these and [obj] pasture their like/as as which to command LORD in/on/with hand: by Moses in/on/with allotted

9 They gave out of the tribe of the descendants of Judah, and out of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:

and to give: give from tribe son: descendant/people Judah and from tribe son: descendant/people Simeon [obj] [the] city [the] these which to call: call by [obj] them in/on/with name

10 and they were for the descendants of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the descendants of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

and to be to/for son: descendant/people Aaron from family [the] Kohathite from son: descendant/people Levi for to/for them to be [the] allotted first

11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

and to give: give to/for them [obj] Kiriath-arba Kiriath-arba father [the] Anak he/she/it Hebron in/on/with mountain: hill country Judah and with pasture her around her

12 But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

and [obj] land: country [the] city and [obj] village her to give: give to/for Caleb son: child Jephunneh in/on/with possession his

13 To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,

and to/for son: descendant/people Aaron [the] priest to give: give [obj] city refuge [the] to murder [obj] Hebron and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Libnah and [obj] pasture her

14 Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

and [obj] Jattir and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Eshtemoa and [obj] pasture her

15 Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

and [obj] Holon and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Debir and [obj] pasture her

16 Ashan with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

and [obj] Ain and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Juttah and [obj] pasture her [obj] Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh and [obj] pasture her city nine from with two [the] tribe [the] these

17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

and from tribe Benjamin [obj] Gibeon and [obj] pasture her [obj] Geba and [obj] pasture her

18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

[obj] Anathoth and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Almon and [obj] pasture her city four

19 All the cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

all city son: descendant/people Aaron [the] priest three ten city and pasture their

20 The families of the descendants of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the descendants of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

and to/for family son: descendant/people Kohath [the] Levi [the] to remain from son: descendant/people Kohath and to be city allotted their from tribe Ephraim

21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

and to give: give to/for them [obj] city refuge [the] to murder [obj] Shechem and [obj] pasture her in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and [obj] Gezer and [obj] pasture her

22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.

and [obj] Kibzaim and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Beth-horon Beth-horon and [obj] pasture her city four

23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

and from tribe Dan [obj] Eltekeh and [obj] pasture her [obj] Gibbethon and [obj] pasture her

24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

[obj] Aijalon and [obj] pasture her [obj] Gath-rimmon Gath-rimmon and [obj] pasture her city four

25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Beth Shean with its suburbs; two cities.

and from half tribe Manasseh [obj] Taanach and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Gath-rimmon Gath-rimmon and [obj] pasture her city two

26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the descendants of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

all city ten and pasture their to/for family son: descendant/people Kohath [the] to remain

27 They gave to the descendants of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

and to/for son: descendant/people Gershon from family [the] Levi from half tribe Manasseh [obj] city refuge [the] to murder [obj] (Golan *Q(K)*) in/on/with Bashan and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Beeshterah and [obj] pasture her city two

28 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,

and from tribe Issachar [obj] Kishion and [obj] pasture her [obj] Daberath and [obj] pasture her

29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

[obj] Jarmuth and [obj] pasture her [obj] En-gannim En-gannim and [obj] pasture her city four

30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,

and from tribe Asher [obj] Mishal and [obj] pasture her [obj] Abdon and [obj] pasture her

31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

[obj] Helkath and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Rehob and [obj] pasture her city four

32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

and from tribe Naphtali [obj] city refuge [the] to murder [obj] Kedesh in/on/with Galilee and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Hammoth-dor Hammoth-dor and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Kartan and [obj] pasture her city three

33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

all city [the] Gershonite to/for family their three ten city and pasture their

34 To the families of the descendants of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, Kartah with its suburbs,

and to/for family son: descendant/people Merari [the] Levi [the] to remain from with tribe Zebulun [obj] Jokneam and [obj] pasture her [obj] Kartah and [obj] pasture her

35 Rimmon with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.

[obj] Dimnah and [obj] pasture her [obj] Nahalol and [obj] pasture her city four

36 And across the Jordan opposite Jericho, from the tribe of Reuben: a city of refuge for the manslayer, Bezer in the wilderness, on the plateau, with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,

(and from tribe Reuben [obj] Bezer and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Jahaz [to] and [obj] pasture her *R*)

37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

([obj] Kedemoth and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Mephaath and [obj] pasture her city four *R*)

38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

and from tribe Gad [obj] city refuge [the] to murder [obj] Ramoth (Gilead) in/on/with Gilead and [obj] pasture her and [obj] Mahanaim and [obj] pasture her

39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

[obj] Heshbon and [obj] pasture her [obj] Jazer and [obj] pasture her all city four

40 All these were the cities of the descendants of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.

all [the] city to/for son: descendant/people Merari to/for family their [the] to remain from family [the] Levi and to be allotted their city two ten

41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.

all city [the] Levi in/on/with midst possession son: descendant/people Israel city forty and eight and pasture their

42 Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.

to be [the] city [the] these city city and pasture her around her so to/for all [the] city [the] these

43 So the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.

and to give: give LORD to/for Israel [obj] all [the] land: country/planet which to swear to/for to give: give to/for father their and to possess: take her and to dwell in/on/with her

44 The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. The LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

and to rest LORD to/for them from around: side like/as all which to swear to/for father their and not to stand: stand man: anyone in/on/with face their from all enemy their [obj] all enemy their to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power their

45 Nothing failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

not to fall: fail word from all [the] word: promised [the] pleasant which to speak: promise LORD to(wards) house: household Israel [the] all to come (in): come