Joshua 21

1 And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel:

2 and they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, 'Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.'

And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.

3 And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:

And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.

4 And the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities,

And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

5 and for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities:

And to the rest of the children of Caath, that is, to the Levites, who remained, out of the tribes of Ephraim, and of Dan, and the half tribe of Manasses, ten cities.

6 And for the sons of Gershon [are], 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, by lot, thirteen cities.

And the lot came out to the children of Gerson, that they should take of the tribes of Issachar and of Aser and of Nephtali, and of the half tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities.

7 For the sons of Merari, for their families, [are], out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and or Cad and of Zabulon, twelve cities.

8 And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot.

9 And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name;

Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Josue gave cities: whose names are these,

10 and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;

To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)

11 and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.

12 and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.

13 And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,

He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof: and Lobna with the suburbs thereof,

14 and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

And Jether and Estemo,

15 and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,

And Holon, and Dabir,

16 and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.

And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,

18 Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs — four cities;

And Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.

19 all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs.

All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs.

20 And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;

And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession.

21 and they give to them the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Cater,

22 and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs — four cities.

And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.

23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,

And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,

24 Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs — four cities.

And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities.

25 And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs — two cities;

And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities.

26 all the cities [are] ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.

All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree.

27 And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs — two cities.

To the children of Gerson also of the race of Levi out of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Basan, one of the cities of refuge, and Bosra, with their suburbs, two cities.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Dabarath and its suburbs,

And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth,

29 Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs — four cities.

And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities.

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,

And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon,

31 Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs — four cities.

And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities.

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs — three cities;

Of the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, three cities.

33 all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs.

All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs.

34 And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, [are, ] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,

And to the children of Merari, Levites of the inferior degree, by their families were given of the tribe of Zabulon, Jecnam and Cartha,

35 Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs — four cities.

And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs;

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,

Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Miser and Jaser and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs.

37 Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs — four cities.

Of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, one of the cities of refuge, and Manaim and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs.

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs — [in] all four cities.

40 All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites — their lot is twelve cities.

All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.

41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel [are] forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,

42 These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.

With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.

43 And Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;

And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it and dwelt in it.

44 and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about, according to all that which He hath sworn to their fathers, and there hath not stood a man in their presence of all their enemies, the whole of their enemies hath Jehovah given into their hand;

And he gave them peace from all nations round about: and none of their enemies durst stand against them, but were brought under their dominion.

45 there hath not fallen a thing of all the good thing which Jehovah spake unto the house of Israel — the whole hath come.

Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.