Joshua 21

1 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

Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel

2 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

at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”

3 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

So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

4 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

The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

5 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

The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

6 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

The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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

And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

8 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

So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

9 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

From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name

10 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

to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:

11 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

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

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

But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

13 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

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,

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

Jattir, Eshtemoa,

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

Holon, Debir,

16 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

Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.

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

And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

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

Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

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

In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

20 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

The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim

21 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

they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

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

Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

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

From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,

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

Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

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

And from the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Taanach and Gath-rimmon—two cities, together with their pasturelands.

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

In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

27 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

This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.

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

From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kishion, Daberath,

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

Jarmuth, and En-gannim—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

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

From the tribe of Asher they were given Mishal, Abdon,

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

Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

32 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

And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.

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

In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the Gershonite clans.

34 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

This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,

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

Dimnah, and Nahalal—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

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

From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,

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

Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

38 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

And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,

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

Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.

40 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

In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.

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

For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.

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

Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.

43 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

Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

44 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

And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 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

Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.