Joshua 21

1 And they approached [the] leaders of [the] fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua [the] son of Nun and to [the] leaders of [the] fathers of the tribes of [the] people of Israel.

Then the heads of ancestral houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the cohen, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of ancestral houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

2 And they spoke to them at Shiloh in [the] land of Canaan saying Yahweh he commanded by [the] hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in and pasture lands their for livestock our.

They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."

3 And they gave [the] people of Israel to the Levites some of inheritance their to [the] mouth of Yahweh the cities these and pasture lands their.

The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.

4 And it came out the lot of [the] clans of the Kohathite[s] and it belonged to [the] descendants of Aaron the priest of the Levites from [the] tribe of Judah and from [the] tribe of the Simeonite[s] and from [the] tribe of Benjamin by the lot cities thir-teen.

The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the cohen, 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 [belonged] to [the] descendants of Kohath which remained from [the] clans of [the] tribe of Ephraim and from [the] tribe of Dan and from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh by the lot cities ten.

The rest of the descendants 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 [belonged] to [the] descendants of Gershon from [the] clans of [the] tribe of Issachar and from [the] tribe of Asher and from [the] tribe of Naphtali and from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh in Bashan by the lot cities thir-teen.

The descendants 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 [and belonged] to [the] descendants of Merari to clans their from [the] tribe of Reuben and from [the] tribe of Gad and from [the] tribe of Zebulun cities two plus ten.

The descendants of Merari according to their families had twelve cities by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

8 And they gave [the] people of Israel to the Levites the cities these and pasture lands their just as he had commanded Yahweh by [the] hand of Moses by the lot.

The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as the LORD commanded by Moses.

9 And they gave from [the] tribe of [the] descendants of Judah and from [the] tribe of [the] descendants of Simeon the cities these which he called them by name.

They gave out of the tribe of the descendants of Judah, and out of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:

10 And it belonged to [the] descendants of Aaron one of [the] clans of the Kohathite[s] from [the] descendants of Levi for to them it belonged the lot first.

and they were for the descendants of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the descendants of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

11 And they gave to them Kiriath Arba [the] father of Anak that [is] Hebron in [the] hill country of Judah and pasture lands its around it.

They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

12 And [the] field[s] of the city and villages its they gave to Caleb [the] son of Jephunneh possession his.

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

13 And to [the] descendants of - Aaron the priest they gave [the] city of refuge of the killer Hebron and pasture lands its and Libnah and pasture lands its.

To the descendants of Aaron the cohen they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,

14 And Jattir and pasture lands its and Eshtemoa and pasture lands its.

Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

15 And Holon and pasture lands its and Debir and pasture lands its.

Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

16 And Ain and pasture lands its and Juttah and pasture lands its Beth Shemesh and pasture lands its cities nine from with [the] two the tribes these.

Ashan with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

17 And from [the] tribe of Benjamin Gibeon and pasture lands its Geba and pasture lands its.

Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

18 Anathoth and pasture lands its and Almon and pasture lands its cities four.

Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

19 All [the] cities of [the] descendants of Aaron the priests [were] thir-teen cities and pasture lands their.

All the cities of the descendants of Aaron, the cohanim, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

20 And to [the] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath the Levites who remained of [the] descendants of Kohath and it was [the] cities of lot their from [the] tribe of Ephraim.

The families of the descendants of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the descendants of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

21 And they gave to them [the] city of refuge of the killer Shechem and pasture lands its in [the] hill country of Ephraim and Gezer and pasture lands its.

They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

22 And Kibzaim and pasture lands its and Beth Horon and pasture lands its cities four.

Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.

23 And from [the] tribe of Dan Eltekeh and pasture lands its Gibbethon and pasture lands its.

Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

24 Aijalon and pasture lands its Gath Rimmon and pasture lands its cities four.

Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

25 And from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh Taanach and pasture lands its and Gath Rimmon and pasture lands its cities two.

Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Beth Shean with its suburbs; two cities.

26 All [the] cities ten and pasture lands their [belonged] to [the] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath which remained.

All the cities of the families of the rest of the descendants of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

27 And to [the] descendants of Gershon from [the] clans of the Levites from [the] half of [the] tribe of Manasseh [the] city of refuge of the killer (Golan *QK) in Bashan and pasture lands its and Beeshtarah and pasture lands its cities two.

They gave to the descendants of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

28 And from [the] tribe of Issachar Kishion and pasture lands its Daberath and pasture lands its.

Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,

29 Jarmuth and pasture lands its En Gannim and pasture lands its cities four.

Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

30 And from [the] tribe of Asher Mishal and pasture lands its Abdon and pasture lands its.

Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,

31 Helkath and pasture lands its and Rehob and pasture lands its cities four.

Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

32 And from [the] tribe of Naphtali [the] city of - refuge of the killer Kedesh in Galilee and pasture lands its and Hammoth Dor and pasture lands its and Kartan and pasture lands its cities three.

Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galil with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

33 All [the] cities of the Gershonite[s] to clans their [were] thir-teen citi[es] and pasture lands their.

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

34 And to [the] clans of [the] descendants of Merari the Levites which remained from with [the] tribe of Zebulun Jokneam and pasture lands its Kartah and pasture lands its.

To the families of the descendants of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, Kartah with its suburbs,

35 Dimnah and pasture lands its Nahalal and pasture lands its cities four.

Rimmon with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.

36 (And from [the] tribe of Reuben Bezer and pasture lands its and Jahaz and pasture lands its. *R)

And across the Jordan opposite Jericho, from the tribe of Reuben: a city of refuge for the manslayer, Bezer in the wilderness, on the plateau, with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,

37 (Kedemoth and pasture lands its and Mephaath and pasture lands its cities four. *R)

Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

38 And from [the] tribe of Gad [the] city of refuge of the killer Ramoth in Gilead and pasture lands its and Mahanaim and pasture lands its.

Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

39 Heshbon and pasture lands its Jazer and pasture lands its all [the] cities [were] four.

Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

40 All the cities of [the] descendants of Merari to clans their which remained of [the] clans of the Levites and it was lot their cities two plus ten.

All these were the cities of the descendants 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] people of Israel [were] cities forty and eight and pasture lands their.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.

42 They were the cities these a city a city and pasture lands its around it thus for all the cities these.

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

43 And he gave Yahweh to Israel all the land which he had sworn to give to ancestors their and they took possession of it and they dwelt in it.

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

44 And he gave rest Yahweh to them from round about according to all that he had sworn to ancestors their and not he stood anyone in faces their from all enemies their all enemies their he gave Yahweh in hand their.

The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. The LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 Not it fell a word from every word good which he had spoken Yahweh to [the] house of Israel everything it came.

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