Josua 21
1 Da gik Øversterne for Leviternes Fædrenehuse frem til Eleasar, Præsten, og til Josva, Nuns Søn, og til Øversterne for Fædrenehusene blandt Israels Børns Stammer,
Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
2 og de talede til dem i Silo i Kanaans Land og sagde: Herren bød ved Mose, at man skulde give os Stæder at bo udi og deres Marker til vort Kvæg.
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our livestock.”
3 Da gave Israels Børn Leviterne af deres Arv, efter Herrens Mund, disse Stæder og deres Marker.
The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their pasture lands.
4 Og Lodden kom ud for Kahathiternes Slægter; og Arons, Præstens Børn af Leviterne fik af Judas Stamme og Simeons Stamme og af Benjamins Stamme ved Lodkastningen tretten Stæder.
The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
5 Men de øvrige Kahaths Børn fik af Efraims Stammes Slægter og af Dans Stamme og af den halve Manasse Stamme ved Lodkastningen ti Stæder.
The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 Og Gersons Børn fik af Isaskars Stammes Slægter og af Asers Stamme og af Nafthali Stamme og af den halve Manasse Stamme i Basan ved Lodkastningen tretten Stæder.
The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 Merari Børn efter deres Slægter fik af Rubens Stamme og af Gads Stamme og af Sebulons Stamme tolv Stæder.
The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
8 Saa gave Israels Børn Leviterne ved Lodkastning disse Stæder og deres Marker, ligesom Herren havde budet ved Mose.
The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
9 Og de gave dem af Judas Børns Stamme og af Simeons Børns Stamme disse Stæder, som man nævnede ved Navn.
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 mentioned by name:
10 Og Arons Børn af Kahathiternes Slægter, af Levi Børn, fik disse — thi den første Lod var deres —
and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
11 og de gave ham Arba, Anoks Faders Stad, det er Hebron paa Judas Bjerg, og dens Agerland rundt omkring den.
They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
12 Og Stadens Mark og dens Landsbyer gave de Kaleb, Jefunne Søn, til hans Ejendom.
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Og de gave Arons, Præstens Børn Tilflugtsstaden for Manddrabere Hebron og dens Marker og Libna og dens Marker
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14 og Jathir og dens Marker og Esthemoa og dens Marker
Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15 og Holon og dens Marker og Debir og dens Marker
Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16 og Ajin og dens Marker og Jutta og dens Marker og Beth-Semes og dens Marker, ni Stæder af disse to Stammer;
Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 men af Benjamins Stamme: Gibeon og dens Marker, Geba og dens Marker,
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18 Anathoth og dens Marker og Almon og dens Marker, fire Stæder.
Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
19 Alle Præsternes, Arons Børns, Stæder vare tretten Stæder og deres Marker.
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
20 Men Kahaths Børns Slægter, af Leviterne, de andre af Kahaths Børn, fik de Stæder, som hørte til deres Lod, af Efraims Stamme.
The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 Og de gave dem Tilflugtsstaden for Manddrabere Sikem og dens Marker, paa Efraims Bjerg, og Geser og dens Marker
They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
22 og Kibzaim og dens Marker og Beth-Horon og dens Marker, fire Stæder;
Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.
23 og af Dans Stamme: Eltheke og dens Marker, Gibbethon og dens Marker,
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
24 Ajalon og dens Marker, Gath-Rimmon og dens Marker, fire Stæder;
Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.
25 og af den halve Manasse Stamme: Thaanak og dens Marker og Gath-Rimmon og dens Marker, to Stæder.
Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.
26 Alle Stæder vare ti og deres Marker for de andre Kahaths Børns Slægter.
All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.
27 Og Gersons Børn af Leviternes Slægter gave de af den halve Manasse Stamme: Tilflugtsstaden for Manddrabere Golan i Basan og dens Marker og Beesthera og dens Marker, to Stæder;
They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
28 og af Isaskars Stamme: Kisjon og dens Marker, Dabrath og dens Marker,
Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
29 Jarmuth og dens Marker, En-Gannim og dens Marker, fire Stæder;
Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.
30 og af Asers Stamme: Miseal og dens Marker, Abdon og dens Marker,
Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31 Helkath og dens Marker, og Rehob og dens Marker, fire Stæder;
Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.
32 og af Nafthali Stamme: Tilflugtsstaden for Manddrabere Kedes i Galilæa og dens Marker og Hamoth-Dor og dens Marker og Karthan og dens Marker, tre Stæder;
Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
33 alle Gersoniternes Stæder efter deres Slægter vare tretten Stæder og deres Marker.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
34 Men til Merari Børns Slægter, som vare de øvrige af Leviterne, gave de af Sebulons Stamme: Jokneam og dens Marker, Kartha og dens Marker,
To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
35 Dimna og dens Marker, Nahalal og dens Marker, fire Stæder;
Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.
36 og af Rubens Stamme: Bezer og dens Marker og Jahza og dens Marker,
Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
37 Kedemoth og dens Marker og Mefaath og dens Marker, fire Stæder;
Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.
38 og af Gads Stamme: Tilflugtsstaden for Manddrabere Ramoth i Gilead og dens Marker og Mahanajim og dens Marker,
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
39 Hesbon og dens Marker, Jaeser og dens Marker; alle de Stæder vare fire.
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
40 Alle disse vare Merari Børns Stæder efter deres Slægter, de øvrige af Leviternes Slægter, og deres Lod var tolv Stæder.
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
41 Alle Leviternes Stæder midt i Israels Børns Ejendom, vare otte og fyrretyve Stæder og deres Marker.
All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
42 Disse Stæder laa hver for sig, med deres Marker trindt omkring; saaledes havde det sig med alle disse.
Each of these cities included their pasture lands around them. It was this way with all these cities.
43 Og Herren gav Israel alt det Land, som han havde svoret at give deres Fædre, og de toge det i Eje og boede derudi.
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
44 Og Herren gav dem Rolighed trindt omkring, efter alt det, som han havde svoret deres Fædre; og ingen bestod for deres Ansigt af alle deres Fjender; Herren gav alle deres Fjender i deres Haand.
Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 Der blev ikke et Ord til intet af alle de gode Ord, som Herren havde talet til Israels Hus, det opfyldtes alt sammen.
Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
