Joshua 21 ~ Joshua 21

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1 A nd the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

¶ Then the heads of the fathers of the Levites came near unto Eleazar the priest and unto Joshua, the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel;

2 a nd they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, `Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.'

and they spoke unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in with the suburbs thereof for our beasts.

3 A nd the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:

Then the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their possessions, according to the word of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

4 A nd the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities,

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the sons of Aaron the priest, who 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.

5 a nd for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities:

And the rest of the sons 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.

6 A nd for the sons of Gershon, 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, by lot, thirteen cities.

And the sons 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.

7 F or the sons of Merari, for their families,, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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.

8 A nd the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

Thus the sons of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses.

9 A nd they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name;

¶ And 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 here mentioned by name;

10 a nd they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;

and the first lot was of the sons of Aaron, of the family of Kohath, of the sons of Levi;

11 a nd they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

and they gave them the city of Arba of the father of Anak, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about.

12 a nd the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

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

13 A nd to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,

Thus they gave to the sons of Aaron the priest Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers and Libnah with its suburbs

14 a nd Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

and Jattir with its suburbs and Eshtemoa with its suburbs

15 a nd Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,

and Holon with its suburbs and Debir with its suburbs

16 a nd Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.

and Ain with its suburbs and Juttah with its suburbs and Bethshemesh with its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes.

17 A nd out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

18 A nathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs -- four cities;

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

19 a ll the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their suburbs.

All these cities of the priests, the sons of Aaron, are thirteen cities with their suburbs.

20 A nd for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;

But the families of the sons of Kohath, Levites, those who remained of the sons of Kohath, received cities by lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

21 a nd they give to them the city of refuge the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,

For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the mountain of Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for manslayers, and Gezer with its suburbs,

22 a nd Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs -- four cities.

Kibzaim with its suburbs, Bethhoron with its suburbs: four cities.

23 A nd out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

24 A ijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- four cities.

Aijalon with its suburbs, Gathrimmon with its suburbs: four cities.

25 A nd out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- two cities;

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its suburbs and Gathrimmon with its suburbs: two cities.

26 a ll the cities ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.

All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the remaining families of the sons of Kohath.

27 A nd for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs -- two cities.

And unto the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers, and Beeshterah with its suburbs: two cities.

28 A nd out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Dabarath and its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its suburbs, Dabareh with its suburbs,

29 J armuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs -- four cities.

Jarmuth with its suburbs, Engannim with its suburbs: four cities.

30 A nd out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,

31 H elkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs -- four cities.

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

32 A nd out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs -- three cities;

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers, and Hammothdor with its suburbs and Kartan with its suburbs: three cities.

33 a ll the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, thirteen cities and their suburbs.

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

34 A nd for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,

And unto the families of the sons of Merari, Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun they gave them, Jokneam with its suburbs and Kartah with its suburbs,

35 D imnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs -- four cities.

Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs: four cities.

36 A nd out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahazah,

37 K edemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs -- four cities.

Kedemoth, and Mephaath: four cities.

38 A nd out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers; and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

39 H eshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- all four cities.

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

40 A ll the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.

So all the cities for the sons of Merari by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

41 A ll the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.

42 T hese cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.

Each one of these cities were separated with their suburbs round about them; thus were all these cities.

43 A nd Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;

¶ Thus the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it and dwelt therein.

44 a nd Jehovah giveth rest to them round about, according to all that which He hath sworn to their fathers, and there hath not stood a man in their presence of all their enemies, the whole of their enemies hath Jehovah given into their hand;

And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and none of their enemies could stand before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hands.

45 t here hath not fallen a thing of all the good thing which Jehovah spake unto the house of Israel -- the whole hath come.

There failed not a word of all the good things which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all of it came to pass.