Joshua 21

1 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 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 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 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 [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 [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 [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 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] descendants of Judah and from [the] tribe of [the] descendants of Simeon the cities these which he called them by name.

10 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 to them Kiriath Arba [the] father of Anak that [is] Hebron in [the] hill country of Judah and pasture lands its around it.

12 And [the] field[s] of the city and villages its they gave to Caleb [the] son of Jephunneh possession his.

13 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 Jattir and pasture lands its and Eshtemoa and pasture lands its.

15 And Holon and pasture lands its and Debir and pasture lands its.

16 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 Gibeon and pasture lands its Geba and pasture lands its.

18 Anathoth and pasture lands its and Almon and pasture lands its cities four.

19 All [the] cities of [the] descendants of Aaron the priests [were] thir-teen cities and pasture lands their.

20 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 of the killer Shechem and pasture lands its in [the] hill country of Ephraim and Gezer and pasture lands its.

22 And Kibzaim and pasture lands its and Beth Horon and pasture lands its cities four.

23 And from [the] tribe of Dan Eltekeh and pasture lands its Gibbethon and pasture lands its.

24 Aijalon and pasture lands its Gath Rimmon and pasture lands its cities four.

25 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 ten and pasture lands their [belonged] to [the] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath which remained.

27 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 Kishion and pasture lands its Daberath and pasture lands its.

29 Jarmuth and pasture lands its En Gannim and pasture lands its cities four.

30 And from [the] tribe of Asher Mishal and pasture lands its Abdon and pasture lands its.

31 Helkath and pasture lands its and Rehob and pasture lands its cities four.

32 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 Gershonite[s] to clans their [were] thir-teen citi[es] and pasture lands their.

34 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 and pasture lands its Nahalal and pasture lands its cities four.

36 (And from [the] tribe of Reuben Bezer and pasture lands its and Jahaz and pasture lands its. *R*)

37 (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 of the killer Ramoth in Gilead and pasture lands its and Mahanaim and pasture lands its.

39 Heshbon and pasture lands its Jazer and pasture lands its all [the] cities [were] four.

40 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] people of Israel [were] cities forty and eight and pasture lands their.

42 They were the cities these a city a city and pasture lands its around it thus for all the cities these.

43 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 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 Not it fell a word from every word good which he had spoken Yahweh to [the] house of Israel everything it came.