Joshua 21

1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Nun traten die Familienoberhäupter der Leviten zu dem Priester Eleazar und zu Josue, Nuns Sohn, sowie zu den Stammhäuptern der israelitischen Stämme

2 And they spoke to 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 their common lands for our cattle.

und sprachen zu ihnen in Silo im Lande Kanaan: "Der Herr hat durch Moses befohlen, uns Städte zu Siedlungen und ihre Weiden für unser Vieh zu geben."

3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common lands.

Da gaben die Israeliten auf des Herrn Befehl von ihrem Erbbesitz den Leviten folgende Städte mit ihren Weiden:

4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who 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.

Das Los fiel auf die Kehatitensippen, und so erhielten bei den Leviten die Söhne des Priesters Aaron vom Judastamme, vom Simeonitenstamme und vom Stamme Benjamin durch das Los dreizehn Städte.

5 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.

Die anderen Kehatiten aber erhielten von den Sippen des Ephraimstammes, dem Stamme Dan und von dem Halbstamme Manasse durch das Los zehn Städte.

6 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.

Die Gersoniten erhielten von den Sippen des Issakarstammes, vom Asserstamme, vom Stamme Naphtali und vom Halbstamme Manasse in Basan durch Los dreizehn Städte.

7 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.

Die Sippen der Merariten erhielten vom Stamme Ruben, vom Stamme Gad und vom Zabulonstamme zwölf Städte.

8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their common lands, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

Und die Israeliten übergaben den Leviten diese Städte samt ihren Weiden durch das Los, wie der Herr durch Moses befohlen hatte.

9 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,

Vom Stamme der Judasöhne und der Simeoniten trat man diese Städte ab, die man jetzt mit Namen nennt.

10 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.

Von den Sippen der Kehatiter unter Levis Söhnen bekamen die Aaronsöhne, weil auf sie zuerst das Los fiel,

11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its common lands around it.

die Stadt Arbas, des Vaters Enaks, das ist Hebron, auf dem Gebirge Juda samt ihren Weiden ringsum.

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

Die Markung der Stadt mit ihren Dörfern aber hatte man Kaleb, Jephunnes Sohn, zu seinem Erbbesitze gegeben.

13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its common lands,

Den Söhnen des Priesters Aaron hatte man Hebron gegeben, die Zufluchtsstadt der Totschläger, samt ihren Weiden, ebenso Libna,

14 And Jattir with its common lands, and Eshtemoa with its common lands,

Jattir, Estemona,

15 And Holon with its common lands, and Debir with its common lands,

Cholon, Debir,

16 And Ain with its common lands, and Juttah with its common lands, and Bethshemesh with its common lands; nine cities out of those two tribes.

Ajin, Juta, Bet Semes je mit ihren Weiden, neun Städte von seiten jener beiden Stämme.

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common lands, Geba with its common lands,

Und vom Stamme Benjamin Gibeon samt seinen Weiden, ebenso Geba,

18 Anathoth with its common lands, and Almon with its common lands; four cities.

Anatot und Almon, vier Städte.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common lands.

Somit bekamen die Söhne des Priesters Aaron insgesamt dreizehn Städte mit ihren Weiden.

20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Den Sippen der übrigen levitischen Kehatsöhne wurden ihre Losstädte vom Stamm Ephraim abgetreten.

21 For they gave them Shechem with its common lands in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its common lands,

Man gab ihnen Sichem als Zufluchtsstadt der Totschläger, mit ihren Weiden auf dem Gebirge Ephraim, ebenso Gezer,

22 And Kibzaim with its common lands, and Bethhoron with its common lands; four cities.

Kibsaim und Bet Choron je mit ihren Weiden, vier Städte.

23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common lands, Gibbethon with its common lands,

Vom Stamme Dan Elteke, Gibbeton,

24 Aijalon with its common lands, Gathrimmon with its common lands; four cities.

Ajjalon und Gat Rimmon je mit ihren Weiden, vier Städte.

25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common lands, and Gathrimmon with its common lands; two cities.

Vom Halbstamme Manasse Taanak und Gat Rimmon mit je ihren Weiden, zwei Städte.

26 All the cities were ten with their common lands for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

Somit bekamen die Sippen der übrigen Kehatsöhne insgesamt zehn Städte Mit ihren Weiden.

27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its common lands; two cities.

Die Gersoniten unter den Levitensippen bekamen vom Halbstamme Manasse Golan als Zufluchtsstadt der Totschläger, in Basan und Astarot, je mit ihren Weiden, zwei Städte.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its common lands, Dabareh with its common lands,

Vom Issakarstamme Kisjon, Daberat,

29 Jarmuth with its common lands, Engannim with its common lands; four cities.

Jarmut und En Gannim je mit ihren Weiden, vier Städte.

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common lands, Abdon with its common lands,

Vom Asserstamme Misal, Abdon

31 Helkath with its common lands, and Rehob with its common lands; four cities.

Chelkat und Rechob je mit ihren Weiden, vier Städte.

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its common lands, and Kartan with its common lands; three cities.

Vom Naphtalistamme Kedes als Zufluchtsstadt der Totschläger in Galiläa, Chammot Dor und Kartan je mit ihren Weiden, drei Städte.

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

Somit bekamen die Gersonitensippen insgesamt dreizehn Städte mit ihren Weiden.

34 And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common lands, and Kartah with its common lands,

Die übrigen levitischen Meraritensippen bekamen vom Zabulonstamme Jokneam, Karta,

35 Dimnah with its common lands, Nahalal with its common lands; four cities.

Dimna und Nahalal mit ihren Weiden, vier Städte.

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common lands, and Jahazah with its common lands,

Vom Rubenstamme Beser, Jahsa,

37 Kedemoth with its common lands, and Mephaath with its common lands; four cities.

Kedemot und Mephaat je mit ihren Weiden, vier Städte.

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its common lands,

Vom Stamme Gad Ramot als Zufluchtsstadt der Totschläger in Gilead, Machanaim,

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

Chesbon und Jazer je mit ihren Weiden, insgesamt vier Städte.

40 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.

So bekamen die von den Levitensippen übrigen Meraritensippen als ihr Los zwölf Städte.

41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their common lands.

Es waren also achtundvierzig Städte samt ihren Weiden inmitten des israelitischen Erbbesitzes Levitenstädte.

42 These cities were every one with their common lands surrounding them: thus were all these cities.

Diese Städte bestanden jedesmal aus einer Stadt und ihrer Weide ringsum. So war es bei all diesen Städten.

43 And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.

So gab der Herr Israel das ganze Land, das zu geben ihren Vätern er zugeschworen. Sie besetzten es und siedelten darin.

44 And the LORD gave them rest on all sides, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Und der Herr gab ihnen ringsum Ruhe, wie er ihren Vätern geschworen hatte. Von all ihren Feinden hatte keiner gegen sie standgehalten. Der Herr hatte all ihre Feinde in ihre Hand gegeben.

45 There failed nothing of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.

Von all den Verheißungen, die der Herr dem Haus Israel gegeben, war keine ausgeblieben. Alle waren in Erfüllung gegangen.