< Joshua 21 >

1 And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the [son] of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.
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,
2 And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle.
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.'
3 So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round.
And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:
4 And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
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,
5 And to the sons of Caath that were left were [given by] lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasse.
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:
6 And the sons of Gedson had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in Basan.
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.
7 And the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon.
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.
8 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot.
And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.
9 And the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, and [part] of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned
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;
10 to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.
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;
11 And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain [country] of Juda, and the suburbs round it.
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;
12 But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.
and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;
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,
14 and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;
and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
15 and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;
and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
16 and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.
and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.
17 And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
18 and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs — four cities;
19 All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen.
all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs.
20 And to the families, [even] the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there was [given] their priests' city,
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;
21 out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;
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,
22 and Baethoron and its suburbs: four cities:
and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs — four cities.
23 and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
24 and Aelon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities.
Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs — four cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs — two cities;
26 In all [were given] ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained.
all the cities [are] ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.
27 And [Joshua gave] to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities.
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.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs;
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Dabarath and its suburbs,
29 and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities.
Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs — four cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs;
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
31 and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities.
Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs — four cities.
32 And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.
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;
33 All the cities of Gedson according to their families [were] thirteen cities.
all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs.
34 And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained, [he gave] out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs,
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,
35 and Sella and its suburbs: three cities.
Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs — four cities.
36 And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs; and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,
37 And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs; and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities [were] four in all.
Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs — four cities.
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,
Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs — [in] all four cities.
40 All [these] cities [were given] to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities.
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.
41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, [were] forty-eight cities,
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.
42 and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities.
These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.
43 So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.
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;
44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.
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;
45 There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass.
there hath not fallen a thing of all the good thing which Jehovah spake unto the house of Israel — the whole hath come.

< Joshua 21 >