1 ح ِينَئِذٍ أتَى رُؤَساءُ عائِلاتِ اللّاوِيِّينَ إلَى ألِعازَرَ الكاهِنِ وَيَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونَ وَرُؤَساءِ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ،

Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

2 و َقالُوا لَهُمْ فِي شَيلُوهَ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ: «أمَرَ اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ مُوسَى بِأنْ تُعطَى لَنا مُدُنٌ نَسكُنُ فِيها مَعَ مَراعِيها لِأجلِ حَيواناتِنا.»

And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The Lord commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for our livestock.”

3 و َبِحَسَبِ أمْرِ اللهِ ، أعطَى بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ لِلّاوِيِّينَ المُدُنَ التّالِيَةَ مَعَ مَراعِيها مِنْ أرْضِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their common-lands:

4 و َبِإلقاءِ القُرَعِ، كانَتِ القُرعَةُ الأُولَى لِعَشائِرِ القَهاتِيِّينَ. فَنالَ القَهاتِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مِنْ نَسلِ هارُونَ بِالقُرعَةِ ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَدِينَةً مِنْ قَبائِلِ يَهُوذا وَشِمعُونَ وَبَنْيامِيْنَ.

Now the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin.

5 و َأمّا بَقِيَّةُ القَهاتِيِّينَ فَنالُوا بِالقُرعَةِ عَشْرَ مُدُنٍ مِنْ قَبائِلِ أفْرايِمَ وَدانَ وَنِصْفِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى.

The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

6 و َنالَ الجَرْشُونِيُّونَ بِالقُرعَةِ ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَدِينَةً مِنْ قَبائِلِ يَسّاكَرَ وَأشِيرَ وَنَفْتالِي وَنِصْفَ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى الَّذِي فِي باشانَ.

And the children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

7 و َنالَ المَرارِيُّونَ بِعَشائِرِهِمِ اثنَتَي عَشْرَةَ مَدِينَةً مِنْ قَبائِلِ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجادٍ وَزَبُولُونَ.

The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

8 و َأعطَى بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ هَذِهِ المُدُنَ وَمَراعِيها بِالقُرعَةِ لِلّاوِيِّينَ كَما أمَرَ اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ مُوسَى.

And the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

9 م ِنْ قَبِيلَتَي يَهُوذا وَشِمْعُونَ أعْطَوْا المُدُنَ التّالِيَةَ بِأسمائِها –

So they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are designated by name,

10 و َقَدْ كانَتْ لِنَسلِ هارُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ إحدَى عائِلاتِ القَهاتِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ، لأنَّ القُرعَةَ الأُولَى وَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهِمِ –

which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first.

11 أ عطُوهُمْ قَرْياتَ أرْبَعَ، التي هي حَبْرُونُ الواقِعَةَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ يَهُوذا الجَبَلِيَّةِ وَمَراعِيها حَولَها. وَأربَعُ هُوَ أبُو عَناقَ.

And they gave them Kirjath Arba ( Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it.

12 و َأمّا حُقُولُ المَدِينَةِ وَقُراها فَقَدْ أُعطِيَتْ لِكالَبَ بْنِ يَفُنَّةَ مِيراثاً لَهُ.

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

13 و َحَدَّدُوا حَبْرُونَ مَدِينَةَ لُجُوءٍ لِلمُتَّهَمِ بِالقَتلِ، وَلِبْنَةَ وَمَراعِيهِما، لِنَسلِ هارُونَ الكاهِنِ.

Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land,

14 ب ِالإضافَةِ إلَى يَتِّيرَ وَمَراعِيها، وَأشْتَمُوعَ وَمَراعِيها،

Jattir with its common-land, Eshtemoa with its common-land,

15 و َحُولُونَ وَمَراعِيها، وَدَبِيرَ وَمَراعِيها،

Holon with its common-land, Debir with its common-land,

16 و َعَينَ وَمَراعِيها، وَيُطَّةَ وَمَراعِيها، وَبَيتَ شَمسَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجْمُوعُها تِسعُ مُدُنٍ أُعطِيَتْ لَهُمْ مِنْ هاتَينِ القَبِيلَتَينِ.

Ain with its common-land, Juttah with its common-land, and Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes;

17 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ أعطَوْهُمْ جِبْعُونَ وَمَراعِيها، وَجِبْعَ وَمَراعِيها،

and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common-land, Geba with its common-land,

18 و َعَناثُوثَ وَمَراعِيها، وَعَلْمُونَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها أربَعُ مُدُنٍ.

Anathoth with its common-land, and Almon with its common-land: four cities.

19 ف َكانَ مَجمُوعُ كُلِّ المُدُنِ الَّتِي أُعطِيَتْ لِهارُونَ وَلِلكَهَنَةِ ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَدِينَةً مَعَ مَراعِيها.

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

20 أ مّا المُدُنُ المُعطاةُ بِالقُرْعَةِ لِبَقِيَّةِ عائِلاتِ قَهاتَ اللّاوِيَّةِ، فَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أفْرايِمَ

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

21 أ خَذُوا شَكِيمَ – وَهِيَ مَدِينَةُ لُجُوءٍ لِلمُتَّهَمِ بِالقَتلِ – وَمَراعِيها فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَجازَرَ وَمَراعِيها،

For they gave them Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common-land,

22 و َقِبْصايِمَ وَمَراعِيها، وَبَيْتَ حُورُونَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها أربَعُ مُدُنٍ.

Kibzaim with its common-land, and Beth Horon with its common-land: four cities;

23 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ دانَ أخَذُوا إلْتَقَى وَمَراعِيها، وَجِبَّثُونَ وَمَراعِيها،

and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common-land, Gibbethon with its common-land,

24 و َأيَّلُونَ وَمَراعِيها، وَجَتَّ رِمُّونَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها أربَعُ مُدُنٍ.

Aijalon with its common-land, and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: four cities;

25 و َمِنْ نِصفِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى أخَذُوا تَعْنَكَ وَمَراعِيها، وَجَتَّ رِمُّونَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها مَدِينَتانِ.

and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common-land and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: two cities.

26 أ ُعْطِيَتْ كُلُّ هَذِهِ المُدُنِ العَشْرِ وَمَراعِيها لِبَقِيَّةِ عائِلاتِ القَهاتِيِّينَ.

All the ten cities with their common-lands were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath.

27 و َأُعطِيَ الجَرشُونِيُّونَ، وَهُمْ إحدَى قَبائِلِ اللّاوِيِّينَ، المُدُنَ التّالِيَةَ: مِنْ نِصفِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى جُولانَ فِي باشانَ، وَهِيَ مَدِينَةُ لُجُوءٍ لِلمُتَّهَمِ بِالقَتلِ، مَعَ مَراعِيها، وَبَعَشْتَرَةَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها مَدِينَتانِ.

Also to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common-land: two cities;

28 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يسّاكِرَ أخَذُوا قِشْيُونَ وَمَراعِيها، وَدَبْرَةَ وَمَراعِيها،

and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common-land, Daberath with its common-land,

29 و َيَرْمُوتَ وَمَراعِيها، وَعَينَ جَنِّيمَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها أربَعُ مُدُنٍ.

Jarmuth with its common-land, and En Gannim with its common-land: four cities;

30 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أشِيرَ أخَذُوا مِشْآلَ وَمَراعِيها، وَعَبْدُونَ وَمَراعِيها،

and from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common-land, Abdon with its common-land,

31 و َحَلْقَةَ وَمَراعِيها، وَرَحُوبَ وَمَراعِيها، وَمَجمُوعُها أربَعُ مُدُنٍ.

Helkath with its common-land, and Rehob with its common-land: four cities;

32 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ نَفْتالِي أخَذُوا قادَشَ وَمَراعِيها الَّتِي فِي الجَلِيلِ، وَهِيَ مَدِينَةُ لُجُوءٍ لِلمُتَّهَمِ بِالقَتلِ. وَحَمُّوتَ دُورٍ وَمَراعِيها، وَقَرْتانَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها ثَلاثُ مُدُنٍ.

and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common-land, and Kartan with its common-land: three cities.

33 ف َأخَذَتْ عائِلاتُ الجَرْشُونِيِّينَ ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَدِينَةٍ مَعَ مَراعِيها.

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

34 و َأُعطِيَتْ عائِلاتُ المَرارِيِّينَ، وَهُمُ الباقُونَ مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ، المُدُنَ التّالِيَةَ: مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ زَبُولُونَ يَقْنَعامَ وَمَراعِيها، وَقَرْتَةَ وَمَراعِيها،

And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common-land, Kartah with its common-land,

35 و َدِمْنَةَ وَمَراعِيها، وَنَحلالَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها أربَعُ مُدُنٍ.

Dimnah with its common-land, and Nahalal with its common-land: four cities;

36 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ رَأُوبَيْنَ أخَذُوا باصَرَ وَمَراعِيها، وَياهَصَ وَمَراعِيها،

and from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common-land, Jahaz with its common-land,

37 و َقَدِيمُوتَ وَمَراعِيها، وَمَيْفَعَةَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها أربَعُ مُدُنٍ.

Kedemoth with its common-land, and Mephaath with its common-land: four cities;

38 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ جادَ أخَذُوا رامُوثَ الَّتِي فِي جِلعادَ وَمَراعِيها – وَهِيَ مَدِينَةُ لُجُوءٍ يَهرُبُ إلَيها المُتَّهَمُ بِالقَتلِ – وَمَحَنايِمَ وَمَراعِيها،

and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land,

39 و َحَشْبُونَ وَمَراعِيها، وَيَعْزِيرَ وَمَراعِيها. وَمَجمُوعُها أربَعُ مُدُنٍ.

Heshbon with its common-land, and Jazer with its common-land: four cities in all.

40 و َكانَ مَجمُوعُ المُدُنِ الَّتِي أُعطِيَتْ بِالقُرعَةِ لِعائِلاتِ المَرارِيِّينَ، وَهُمُ الباقُونَ مِنْ عائِلاتِ لاوِي، اثنَتَي عَشْرَةَ مَدِينَةً.

So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

41 و َكانَ مَجمُوعُ مُدُنِ اللّاوِيِّينَ فِي داخِلِ أراضِي بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ ثَماني وَأربَعِينَ مَدِينَةً مَعَ مَراعِيها.

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands.

42 و َكانَ لِكُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ مَراعِيها الَّتِي تُحِيطُ بِها.

Every one of these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities. The Promise Fulfilled

43 و َهَكَذا أعطَى اللهُ لإسْرائِيلَ كُلَّ الأرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِإعطائِها لآبائِهِمْ، فامتَلَكُوهُا وَسَكَنُوا فِيها.

So the Lord gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it.

44 و َأعطاهُمْ اللهُ راحَةً وَأماناً مِنْ كَلِّ ناحِيَةٍ بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ ما وَعَدَ بِهِ لآبائِهِمْ. وَلَمْ يَستَطِعْ أيُّ واحِدٍ مِنْ أعدائِهِمِ الصُّمُودَ أمامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُمُ اللهُ عَلَى كُلِّ أعدائِهِمْ.

The Lord gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 و َلَمْ يَسْقُطْ أيُّ وَعدٍ مِنْ وُعُودِ اللهِ الصّالِحَةِ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، بَلْ تَحَقَّقَتْ جَميعُ وُعُودِهِ.

Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.