Joshua 21

1 Then came near the ancestral heads of the Levites, unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, —and unto the ancestral heads of the tribes, of the sons of Israel;

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 and spake unto them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: Yahweh himself, commanded, by the hand of Moses, that there should be given unto us cities to dwell in, —with their pasture-lands for our cattle.

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 So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh, —these cities, with their pasture-lands.

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 And, when the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites, then had the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levites—out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of the Simeonites and out of the tribe of Benjamin—by lot, thirteen cities.

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 And, the sons of Kohath that remained, had—out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh—by lot, ten cities.

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 And, the sons of Gershon, had—out of 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.

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 The sons 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.

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 So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities, with their pasture lands, —as Yahweh commanded, by the hand of Moses, by lot.

The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.

9 Thus then they gave—out of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon—these cities which are mentioned by name.

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 And the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them, —because, theirs, was the first lot;

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 yea there was given unto them, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, —with the pasture land thereof, round about it;

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 whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.

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

13 But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof, —Libnah also, with her pasture lands;

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 and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land;

Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

15 and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land;

Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

16 and Ain, with her pasture land, and Juttah, with her pasture land, Beth-shemesh, with her pasture land, —nine cities, out of these two tribes.

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 And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land, —Geba, with her pasture land;

Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

18 Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.

19 All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.

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

20 And, as for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, which remained of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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 So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim, —also Gezer, with her pasture land;

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 and Kibzaim, with her pasture land, and Beth-horon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.

23 And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land, —Gibbethon, with her pasture land;

Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,

24 Aijalon, with her pasture land, Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.

25 And, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, with her pasture land, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —two cities.

Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.

26 All the cities, were ten, with their pasture lands: for the families of the sons of Kohath which remained.

All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.

27 And, the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, had, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Golan in Bashan, with her pasture land, and Be-eshterah, with her pasture land, —two cities.

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 And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, with her pasture land, —Daberath, with her pasture land;

Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

29 Jarmuth, with her pasture land, En-gannim, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.

30 And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, with her pasture land, Abdon, with her pasture land;

Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

31 Helkath, with her pasture land, and Rehob, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.

32 And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture land, and Hammoth-dor, with her pasture land, and Kartan, with her pasture land, —three cities.

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 All, the cities of the Gershonites, by their families, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.

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

34 And, unto the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, with her pasture land, —Kartah, with her pasture land;

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 Dimnah, with her pasture land, Nahalal, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.

36 And, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, with her pasture land, —and Jahaz, with her pasture land;

Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,

37 Kedemoth, with her pasture land and Mephaath, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.

38 And, out of the tribe of Gad, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture land, —and Mahanaim, with her pasture land;

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 Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land, —in all, four cities.

Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.

40 All the cities for the sons of Merari, by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, yea their lot was, twelve, cities.

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 All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight cities, with their pasture lands:

All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.

42 these cities passed, each severally, with its pasture lands round about it; thus, was it with all these cities.

Each of these cities included their pasture lands around them. It was this way with all these cities.

43 So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers, —and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein.

So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.

44 And Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers, —and there stood not a man before them, of all their enemies; all their enemies, did Yahweh deliver into their hand.

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 There failed not a thing, out of all the good things, whereof Yahweh had spoken unto the house of Israel, —the whole, came to pass.

Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.