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.

Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children 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.

And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

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.

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

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.

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, [which were] of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

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.

And the rest of the children of Kohath [had] by lot 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.

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.

And the children of Gershon [had] by lot 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, thirteen cities.

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.

The children 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 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.

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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.

And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned 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.

Which the children of Aaron, [being] of the families of the Kohathites, [who were] of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

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.

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which [city is] Hebron, in the hill [country] of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

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

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

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.

Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

14 And Jattir and pasture lands its and Eshtemoa and pasture lands its.

And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

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

And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

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.

And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

17 And from [the] tribe of Benjamin Gibeon and pasture lands its Geba and pasture lands its.

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

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

Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

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

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.

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.

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of 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.

For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

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

And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.

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

And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

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

Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

25 And from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh Taanach and pasture lands its and Gath Rimmon and pasture lands its cities two.

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

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

All the cities [were] ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that 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.

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.

28 And from [the] tribe of Issachar Kishion and pasture lands its Daberath and pasture lands its.

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

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

Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.

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

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

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

Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

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.

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

33 All [the] cities of the Gershonite[s] to clans their [were] thir-teen citi[es] and pasture lands their.

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

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.

And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

35 Dimnah and pasture lands its Nahalal and pasture lands its cities four.

Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

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

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

37 (Kedemoth and pasture lands its and Mephaath and pasture lands its cities four. *R*)

Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

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.

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

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

Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

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.

So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were [by] their lot twelve cities.

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.

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

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

These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus [were] all these cities.

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.

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

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.

And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

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

There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.