Yehoshua 21 יהושע כ״א

Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to El῾azar the priest, and to Yehoshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisra᾽el;

and they spoke to them at Shilo in the land of Kena῾an, saying, The Lord gave command by the hand of Moshe to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our cattle.

And the children of Yisra᾽el gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their pasture lands.

And the lot came out in favour of the families of the Qehati: and the children of Aharon the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Yehuda, and out of the tribe of Shim῾on, and out of the tribe of Binyamin, thirteen cities.

And the rest of the children of Qehat had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Efrayim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Menashshe, ten cities.

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naftali, and out of the half tribe of Menashshe in Bashan, thirteen cities.

The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Re᾽uven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities.

And the children of Yisra᾽el gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the Lord gave command by the hand of Moshe.

And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Yehuda, and out of the tribe of the children of Shim῾on, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

which the children of Aharon, being of the families of the Qehati, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of ῾Anaq, which city is Ḥevron, in the hill country of Yehuda, with its pasture lands round about it.

But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Kalev the son of Yefunne for his possession.

Thus they gave to the children of Aharon the priest Ḥevron with its pasture lands, a city of refuge for the slayer; and Livna with its pasture lands,

and Yattir with its pasture lands, and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

and Ḥolon with its pasture lands, and Devir with its pasture lands,

and ῾Ayin with its pasture lands, and Yutta with its pasture, and Bet-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities out of those two tribes.

And out of the tribe of Binyamin, Giv῾on with its pasture lands, and Geva with its pastures,

῾Anatot with its pasture lands, and ῾Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.

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

And the families of the children of Qehat, the Levites who remained of the children of Qehat, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Efrayim.

For they gave them Shekhem with its pasture lands in mount Efrayim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its pastures,

and Qivżayim with its pasture lands and Bet-ĥoron with its pasture lands; four cities.

And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteqe with its pasture lands, Gibbeton with its pastures,

Ayyalon with its pasture lands, Gat-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.

And out of the half tribe of Menashshe, Ta῾nakh with its pasture lands and Gat-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.

All the cities were ten with their pasture lands for the families of the children of Qehat that remained.

And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Menashshe they gave Golan in the Bashan with its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Be῾eshtera with its pasture lands; two cities.

And out of the tribe of Yissakhar, Qishyon with its pasture lands, Daverat with its pastures,

Yarmut with its pasture lands, ῾En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities.

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mish᾽al with its pasture lands, ῾Avdon with its pasture lands,

Ḥelqat with its pasture lands, and Reĥov with its pastures; four cities.

And out of the tribe of Naftali, Qedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Ḥammot-dor with its pasture lands, and Qartan with its pasture lands, three cities.

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

And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zevulun, Yoqne῾am with its pasture lands, and Qarta with its pasture lands,

Dimna with its pastures, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities.

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramot in Gil῾ad with its pasture lands, a city of refuge for the slayer; and Maĥanayim with its pasture lands,

Ḥeshbon with its pasture lands, Ya῾zer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.

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

All the cities of the Levites within the domain of the children of Yisra᾽el were forty eight cities with their pasture lands.

These cities were every one with their pasture lands round about them: thus were all these cities.

And the Lord gave to Yisra᾽el all the land which He swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.

And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Nothing failed of all the good things which the Lord had spoken to the house of Yisra᾽el; all came to pass.