Joshua 21
1 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:
Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 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.
And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have towns for living in, with their grass-lands for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.
And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.
4 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.
And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 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.
The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 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.
The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.
7 And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and or Cad and of Zabulon, twelve cities.
The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.
8 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.
All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.
9 Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Josue gave cities: whose names are these,
From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:
10 To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)
These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.
11 The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.
They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.
12 But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.
But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
13 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,
And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;
14 And Jether and Estemo,
And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;
15 And Holon, and Dabir,
And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;
16 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.
And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
18 And Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.
Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.
19 All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.
20 And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession.
The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
21 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Cater,
And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;
22 And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.
And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.
23 And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,
And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;
24 And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities.
Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.
25 And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities.
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.
26 All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree.
All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.
27 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.
And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.
28 And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth,
And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;
29 And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities.
Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.
30 And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon,
And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:
31 And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities.
Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.
32 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.
And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.
33 All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs.
All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.
34 And to the children of Merari, Levites of the inferior degree, by their families were given of the tribe of Zabulon, Jecnam and Cartha,
And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah with their grass-lands;
35 And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs;
Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.
36 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.
And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;
37 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.
Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.
And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;
Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.
40 All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve.
All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.
41 So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,
All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.
42 With their suburbs, each distributed by the families.
Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.
43 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.
So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.
44 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.
And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.
45 Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.
The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.
