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.
21:2 And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, Yehovah
gave commandment by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country
round about for our cattle.
21:3 So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by
the command of Yehovah the cities and the country round.
21:4 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 Judah,
and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
21:5 And to the ons 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.
21:6 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.
21:7 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.
21:8 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their
suburbs, as Yehovah commanded Moses, by lot.
21:9 And the tribe of the children of Judah, 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
21:10 to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for
the lot fell to these.
21:11 And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac;
this is Chebron in the mountain [country] of Judah, and the suburbs round it.
21:12 But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of
Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.
21:13 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;
21:14 and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;
21:15 and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;
21:16 and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and
its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.
21:17 And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth
and its suburbs;
21:18 and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
21:19 All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen.
21:20 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,
21:21 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;
21:22 and Baethoron and its suburbs: four cities:
21:23 and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its
suburbs:
21:24 and Aelon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four
cities.
21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and
Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
21:26 In all [were given] ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to
them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained.
21:27 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.
21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and
its suburbs;
21:29 and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs;
four cities.
21:30 And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and
its suburbs;
21:31 and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities.
21:32 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.
21:33 All the cities of Gedson according to their families [were] thirteen
cities.
21:34 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,
21:35 and Sella and its suburbs: three cities.
21:36 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;
21:37 and Jazer and its suburbs; and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and
its suburbs; four cities.
21:38 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;
21:39 and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities
[were] four in ll.
21:40 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.
21:41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the
children of Israel, [were] forty-eight cities, and their suburbs round about
these cities:
21:42 a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities: and
Joshua ceased dividing the land by their borders: and the children of Israel
gave a portion to Joshua because of the commandment of Yehovah: they gave
him the city which he asked: they gave him Thamnasachar in mount Ephraim;
and Joshua built the city, and dwelt in it: and Joshua took the knives of
stone, wherewith he circumcised the children of Israel that were born in the
desert by the way, and put them in Thamnasachar.
21:43 So Yehovah gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to
their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.
21:44 And Yehovah gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers:
not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; Yehovah
delivered all their enemies into their hands.
21:45 There failed not one of the good things which Yehovah spoke to the
children of Israel; all came to pass. |
21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers
of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and
unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
21:2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The
Yehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the
suburbs thereof for our cattle.
21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of Yehovah, these cities and their suburbs.
21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the
children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of
the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
Benjamin, thirteen cities.
21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families
of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half
tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot 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, thirteen cities.
21:7 The children 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.
21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as Yehovah commanded by the hand of Moses.
21:9 And 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 here mentioned by
name.
21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites,
who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is
Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about
it.
21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh
with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with
her suburbs,
21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained
of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the
tribe of Ephraim.
21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a
city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
21:22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four
cities.
21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with
her suburbs,
21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and
Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the
children of Kohath that remained.
21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out
of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her
suburbs; two cities.
21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh
with her suburbs,
21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her
suburbs,
21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and
Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah
with her suburbs,
21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah
with her suburbs,
21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which
were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve
cities.
21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of
Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus
were all these cities.
21:43 And Yehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto
their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
21:44 And Yehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he
sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies
before them; Yehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.
21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which Yehovah had spoken
unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. |