Joshua 21
21
Towns for the Levites
1The heads of the Levite families went to talk to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of all the tribes of Israel. 2At Shiloh in the land of Canaan, the heads of the Levite families said to them, “The Lord commanded Moses that you give us towns where we may live and pastures for our animals.” 3So the Israelites obeyed this command of the Lord and gave the Levite people these towns and pastures for their own land: 4The Kohath family groups were part of the tribe of Levi. Some of the Levites in the Kohath family groups were from the family of Aaron the priest. To these Levites were given thirteen towns in the areas of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 5The other family groups of Kohath were given ten towns in the areas of Ephraim, Dan, and West Manasseh.
6The people from the Gershon family groups were given thirteen towns in the land of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the East Manasseh in Bashan.
7The family groups of Merari were given twelve towns in the areas of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and the pastures around them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
9These are the names of the towns that came from the lands of Judah and Simeon. 10The first choice of towns was given to the Kohath family groups of the Levites. 11They gave them Kiriath Arba, also called Hebron, and all its pastures in the mountains of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.) 12But the fields and the villages around Kiriath Arba had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
13So they gave the city of Hebron to the descendants of Aaron (Hebron was a city of safety). They also gave them the towns of Libnah, 14Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15Holon, Debir, 16Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, and all the pastures around them. Nine towns were given from these two tribes.
17They also gave the people of Aaron these cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba, 18Anathoth, and Almon. They gave them these four towns and the pastures around them.
19So these thirteen towns with their pastures were given to the priests, who were from the family of Aaron.
20The other Kohathite family groups of the Levites were given these towns from the tribe of Ephraim: 21Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim (which was a city of safety), Gezer, 22Kibzaim, and Beth Horon. There were four towns and their pastures.
23The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 24Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon. There were four towns and their pastures.
25West Manasseh gave them Taanach and Gath Rimmon and the pastures around these two towns.
26So these ten towns and the pastures around them were given to the rest of the Kohathite family groups.
27The Gershonite family groups of the Levite tribe were given these towns: East Manasseh gave them Golan in Bashan, which was a city of safety, and Be Eshtarah, and the pastures around these two towns.
28The tribe of Issachar gave them Kishion, Daberath, 29Jarmuth, and En Gannim, and the pastures around these four towns.
30The tribe of Asher gave them Mishal, Abdon, 31Helkath, and Rehob, and the pastures around these four towns.
32The tribe of Naphtali gave them Kedesh in Galilee (a city of safety), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, and the pastures around these three towns.
33So the Gershonite family groups received thirteen towns and the pastures around them.
34The Merarite family groups (the rest of the Levites) were given these towns: The tribe of Zebulun gave them Jokneam, Kartah, 35Dimnah, and Nahalal, and the pastures around these four towns.
36The tribe of Reuben gave them Bezer, Jahaz, 37Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the pastures around these four towns.
38The tribe of Gad gave them Ramoth in Gilead (a city of safety), Mahanaim, 39Heshbon, and Jazer, and the pastures around these four towns.
40So the total number of towns given to the Merarite family groups was twelve.
41A total of forty-eight towns with their pastures in the land of Israel were given to the Levites. 42Each town had pastures around it.
43So the Lord gave the people all the land he had promised their ancestors. The people took the land and lived there. 44The Lord gave them peace on all sides, as he had promised their ancestors. None of their enemies defeated them; the Lord handed all their enemies over to them. 45He kept every promise he had made to the Israelites; each one came true.
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Joshua 21
21
The Allotment of the Levites
1Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the tribes of the Israelites.#Literally “sons/children of Israel” 2And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.” 3So, by command of Yahweh,#Literally “by the mouth of Yahweh” the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands from their inheritance.
4The allotment fell#Literally “came out” for the families of the Kohathites.#Hebrew “Kohathite” The descendants#Or “sons” of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received#Literally “they had” by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5The remaining descendants#Or “sons” of Kohath received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6The descendants#Or “sons” of Gershon received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7The descendants#Or “sons” of the Merarites#Hebrew “Merarite” according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8The Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses.
9They gave these cities, which are here mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon; 10and they were for the descendants#Or “sons” of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites,#Hebrew “Kohathite” from the descendants#Or “sons” of Levi, because the first lot was theirs. 11And they gave to them Kiriath Arba,#Or “the city of Arba” Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and the pasturelands surrounding it. 12But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.
13To the descendants#Or “sons” of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands, 14Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, 15Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, 16Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes. 17From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands, 18Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities. 19All the cities of the descendants#Or “sons” of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands.
20For the families of the descendants#Or “sons” of Kohath, the remaining Levites of the descendants#Or “sons” of Kohath, they received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim. 21They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands, 22Kibzaim and its pasturelands, and Beth-horon and its pasturelands; four cities. 23From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands, 24Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands; four cities. 25From the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands; two cities. 26All the cities and their pasturelands for the remaining families of the descendants#Or “sons” of Kohath were ten.
27To the descendants#Or “sons” of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, and Eshtarah and its pasturelands; two cities. 28From the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, 29Jarmuth and its pasturelands, En Gannim and its pasturelands; four cities. 30From the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, 31Helkath and its pasturelands, Rehob and its pasturelands; four cities. 32From the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands, and Kartan and its pasturelands; three cities. 33All the cities of the Gershonites#Hebrew “Gershonite” according to their families were thirteen cities and their pasturelands.
34To the families of the descendants#Or “sons” of Merarite, the remaining Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands, 35Dimnah and its pasturelands, and Nahalal and its pasturelands; four cities. 36From the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its pasturelands, Jahaz and its pasturelands, 37Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands; four cities. 38From the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands, 39Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands; four cities in all. 40All these were the cities of the descendants#Or “sons” of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities.
41All the cities of the Levites among the property of the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” were forty-eight cities and their pasturelands. 42Each of these cities had pasturelands surrounding them; so it was for all of these cities. 43And Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their ancestors,#Or “fathers” and they took possession of it and settled in it.#Or “dwelled in it” 44Yahweh gave them rest on every side, according to all that he had sworn to their ancestors,#Or “fathers” and nobody from all their enemies withstood them, for Yahweh had given all their enemies into their hand. 45And nothing failed from#Literally “Not a thing fell” all the good things#Hebrew “thing” that Yahweh promised to the house of Israel; everything came to pass.#Literally “everything it came”
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