< 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.
Then came near the ancestral heads of the Levites, unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, —and unto the ancestral heads of the tribes, of the sons of Israel;
2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."
and spake unto them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: Yahweh himself, commanded, by the hand of Moses, that there should be given unto us cities to dwell in, —with their pasture-lands for our cattle.
3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh, —these cities, with their pasture-lands.
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, when the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites, then had the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levites—out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of the Simeonites and out of the tribe of Benjamin—by lot, thirteen cities.
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, the sons of Kohath that remained, had—out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh—by lot, ten cities.
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, the sons of Gershon, had—out of 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—by lot, thirteen cities.
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.
The sons of Merari, by their families, had—out of the tribe of Reuben and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.
So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities, with their pasture lands, —as Yahweh commanded, by the hand of Moses, by lot.
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:
Thus then they gave—out of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon—these cities which are mentioned by 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 the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them, —because, theirs, was the first lot;
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.
yea there was given unto them, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, —with the pasture land thereof, round about it;
12 But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
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,
But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof, —Libnah also, with her pasture lands;
14 Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land;
15 Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land;
16 Ashan with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
and Ain, with her pasture land, and Juttah, with her pasture land, Beth-shemesh, with her pasture land, —nine cities, out of these two tribes.
17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land, —Geba, with her pasture land;
18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land, —four cities.
19 All the cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.
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, as for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, which remained of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of 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,
So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim, —also Gezer, with her pasture land;
22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.
and Kibzaim, with her pasture land, and Beth-horon, with her pasture land, —four cities.
23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land, —Gibbethon, with her pasture land;
24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
Aijalon, with her pasture land, Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —four cities.
25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Beth Shean with its suburbs; two cities.
And, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, with her pasture land, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —two cities.
26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the descendants of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
All the cities, were ten, with their pasture lands: for the families of the sons of Kohath which remained.
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, the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, had, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Golan in Bashan, with her pasture land, and Be-eshterah, with her pasture land, —two cities.
28 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, with her pasture land, —Daberath, with her pasture land;
29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
Jarmuth, with her pasture land, En-gannim, with her pasture land, —four cities.
30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, with her pasture land, Abdon, with her pasture land;
31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
Helkath, with her pasture land, and Rehob, with her pasture land, —four cities.
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, out of the tribe of Naphtali, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture land, and Hammoth-dor, with her pasture land, and Kartan, with her pasture land, —three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
All, the cities of the Gershonites, by their families, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.
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, unto the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, with her pasture land, —Kartah, with her pasture land;
35 Rimmon with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
Dimnah, with her pasture land, Nahalal, with her pasture land, —four cities.
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, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, with her pasture land, —and Jahaz, with her pasture land;
37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
Kedemoth, with her pasture land and Mephaath, with her pasture land, —four cities.
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, out of the tribe of Gad, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture land, —and Mahanaim, with her pasture land;
39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land, —in all, four cities.
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 cities for the sons of Merari, by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, yea their lot was, twelve, cities.
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 the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight cities, with their pasture lands:
42 Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.
these cities passed, each severally, with its pasture lands round about it; thus, was it with all these cities.
43 So Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers, —and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein.
44 Jehovah gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.
And Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers, —and there stood not a man before them, of all their enemies; all their enemies, did Yahweh deliver into their hand.
45 Nothing failed of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
There failed not a thing, out of all the good things, whereof Yahweh had spoken unto the house of Israel, —the whole, came to pass.

< Joshua 21 >