Joshua 21

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

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

They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our livestock.”

and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their pasture lands.

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

The children of Merari according to 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.

The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.

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 mentioned by name:

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:

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

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

They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

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

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

To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,

And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

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

Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.

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

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

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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

They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.

and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.

Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,

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

Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.

Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.

And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.

All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,

Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.

Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

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

Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.

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

Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

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

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

To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,

And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,

Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.

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

Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,

Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.

Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.

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

All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.

All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

Each of these cities included their pasture lands around them. It was this way with all these cities.

These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.

So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.

And Jehovah 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; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.