Joshua 21
1 And the heads of the families of the
sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the
son of Naue, and to the heads of families of the
tribes of Israel. 2 And they spoke to
them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by
aGr. the hand of Moses.Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our
cattle. 3 So the children of Israel
gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities
and the country round.
4 And the lot came out for the
children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot
thirteen cities
bGr. from.out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the
tribe of Benjamin.
5 And to the sons of Caath that were
left were given by lot ten cities, out of the tribe
of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasse.
6 And the sons of Gedson had thirteen
cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of
the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in
cOr, the land of Basan.Basan.
7 And the sons of Merari according to
their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of
the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon.
8 And the children of Israel gave to
the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot.
9 And the tribe of the children of
Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, and
part of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave
these cities, and they were assigned
10 to the sons of Aaron of the family
of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot
dGr. was.fell to these. 11 And
eGr. he.they gave to them Cariatharboc the
fOr, parent city. See note chap. 10. 2.metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain
country of Juda, and the suburbs round it.
12 But the lands of the city, and its
villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a
possession.
13 And to the sons of Aaron he gave
the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the
gThe Greek word is different from that translated ‘suburbs.’ above.—q. d.
glebe.suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;
14 and Ælom and its suburbs; and Tema
and its suburbs; 15 and Gella and its
suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;
16 and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany
and its suburbs; and Bæthsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two
tribes. 17 And from the tribe of
Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;
18 and Anathoth and its suburbs; and
Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the sons of
Aaron the priests, thirteen.
20 And to the families,
even the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of
the sons of Caath, there was given
hHeb. the cities of their lot.their priests' city, 21 out of the
tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and
its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;
22 and Bæthoron and its suburbs: four
cities: 23 and of the tribe of Dan,
Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs:
24 and Ælon and its suburbs; and
Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of
Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
26 In all
were given ten cities, and the suburbs of each
belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained.
27 And
Joshua gave to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of
the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in
the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs;
29 and Remmath and its suburbs; and
the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Aser,
Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs;
31 and Chelcat and its suburbs; and
Raab and its suburbs; four cities.
32 And of the tribe of Nephthali, the
city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath,
and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.
33 All the cities of Gedson according
to their families were thirteen cities.
34 And to the family of the sons of
Merari the Levites that remained, he gave out of the
tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs,
35 and Sella and its suburbs: three
cities. 36 And beyond Jordan over
against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer,
Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs;
37 and Decmon and its suburbs; and
Mapha and its suburbs; four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad the
city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin
and its suburbs; 39 and Esbon and its
suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities
were four in all.
40 All
these cities were given to
the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the
tribe of Levi; and
ii. e. the portion allotted, or assigned them.their limits were the twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites in
the midst of the possession of the children of Israel,
were forty-eight cities,
42 and their suburbs round about
these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities:
42a and Joshua ceased dividing the
land by their borders: 42b and the
children of Israel gave a portion to Joshua because of the commandment of the
Lord: they gave him the city which he asked: they gave him Thamnasachar in
mount Ephraim; 42c and Joshua built
the city, and dwelt in it: 42d and
Joshua took the knives of stone, wherewith he circumcised the children of
Israel that were born in the desert by the way, and put them in Thamnasachar.
43 So the Lord gave to Israel all the
land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt
in it. 44 And the Lord gave them rest
round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of all their enemies
maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into
their hands. 45 There failed not one
of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to
pass.
Footnotes
a21:2 Gr. the hand of Moses.
b21:4 Gr. from.
c21:6 Or, the land of Basan.
d21:10 Gr. was.
e21:11 Gr. he.
f21:11 Or, parent city. See note chap. 10. 2.
g21:13 The Greek word is different from that translated ‘suburbs.’ above.—q. d. glebe.
h21:20 Heb. the cities of their lot.
i21:40 i. e. the portion allotted, or assigned them.