1 Then the heads of the fathers of the Children of Joined To (Levites) came to God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest, and to I AM is Salvation (Joshua) the son of Posterity (Nun), and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of God Prevails (Israel);
2 They spoke to them at Tranquility
(Shiloh) in the land of Humbled One (Canaan), saying: I AM (Lord) commanded by
the hand of Drawn (Moses) to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs
thereof for our cattle.
3 So the children of God Prevails
(Israel) gave to the Children of Joined To (Levites) out of their inheritance,
at the commandment of I AM (Lord), these cities and their suburbs.
4 The lot came out for the families of
the Assembly (Kohasites): and the children of Light
Bringer (Aaron) the priest, which were of the Children of Joined To (Levites), from
out of the tribe of Praised (Judah), and out of the tribe of Heard (Simeon),
and out of the tribe of Son of the Right Hand (Benjamin), thirteen cities.
5 The rest of the children of Assembly (Kohas)
had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Double Ash-Heap: Doubly Fruitful
(Ephraim), out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Causing to
Forget (Manasseh), ten cities.
6 The children of Exile (Gershon) had by
lot out of the families of the tribe of Recompense (Issachar), and out of the
tribe of Happy (Asher), out of the tribe of Wrestling (Naphtali), and out of
the half-tribe of Causing to Forget (Manasseh) in Fruitful (Bashan), thirteen
cities.
7 The children of Bitter (Merari) by
their families had out of the tribe of Behold a Son (Reuben), out of the tribe
of Troop (Gad), and out of the tribe of Exalted (Zebulun), twelve cities.
8 So the children of God Prevails
(Israel) gave by lot to the Children of Joined To (Levites) these cities with
their suburbs, as I AM (Lord) commanded by the hand of Drawn (Moses).
9 They gave out of the tribe of the
children of Praised (Judah), and out of the tribe of the children of Heard
(Simeon), these cities which are here mentioned by name.
10 Which the children of Light Bringer
(Aaron), being of the families of the Assembly (Kohasites), who were of the
children of Joined To (Levi), had: for theirs was the first lot.
11 They gave them the city of Four (Arba)
the father of Neck (Anak), which city is Association (Hebron), in the hill
country of Praised (Judah), with the suburbs thereof round about it.
12 But the fields of the city, and the
villages thereof, they gave to Dog (Caleb) the son of He Will Face (Jephunneh)
for his possession.
13 Thus they gave to the children of Light
Bringer (Aaron) the priest Association (Hebron) with her suburbs, to be a city
of refuge for the slayer; and Pavement (Libnah) with her suburbs,
14 Plenty (Jattir) with her suburbs, and I
Shall Make Myself Heard (Eshtemoa) with her suburbs,
15 Sandy (Holon) with her suburbs, and Sanctuary
(Debir) with her suburbs,
16 Spring (Ain) with her suburbs, Stretched
Out (Juttah) with her suburbs, and House of the Sun (Bethshemesh) with her
suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 Out of the tribe of Son of the Right
Hand (Benjamin), Hill City (Gibeon) with her suburbs, Hill (Geba)with her
suburbs,
18 Answers to Prayer (Anathoth) with her
suburbs, and Concealed (Almon) with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Light
Bringer (Aaron), the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 The families of the children of Assembly
(Kohas), the Children of Joined To (Levites) which remained of the children of Assembly
(Kohas), had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Double Ash-Heap:
Doubly Fruitful (Ephraim).
21 They were given Shoulder (Shechem)
with her suburbs in Mount Double Ash-Heap: Doubly Fruitful (Ephraim), to be a
city of refuge for the slayer; and Portion (Gezer) with her suburbs,
22 Two Heaps (Kibzaim) with her suburbs,
and House of Hollowness (Bethhoron) with her suburbs; four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Judge (Dan), Let
God Spew You Out (Eltekeh) with her suburbs, Mound (Gibbethon) with her
suburbs,
24 Field of Deer (Aijalon) with her
suburbs, and Winepress of the Pomegranate (Gathrimmon) with her suburbs; four
cities.
25 Out of the half-tribe of Causing to
Forget (Manasseh), Tanach with her suburbs, and Winepress of the Pomegranate
(Gathrimmon) with her suburbs; two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their
suburbs for the families of the children of Assembly (Kohas) that remained.
27 And to the children of Exile (Gershon),
of the families of the Children of Joined To (Levites), out of the other half
tribe of Causing to Forget (Manasseh) they gave Their Captivity: Their
Rejoicing (Golan) in Fruitful (Bashan) with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge
for the slayer; and With Increase (Beeshterah) with her suburbs; two cities.
28 Out of the tribe of Recompense
(Issachar), Hard (Kishon) with her suburbs, Word
(Dabareh)with her suburbs,
29 Heights (Jarmuth) with her suburbs,
and Fountain of the Garden (Engannim) with her suburbs; four cities.
30 Out of the tribe of Happy (Asher), Entreaty
(Mishal) with her suburbs, Servile (Abdon) with her suburbs,
31 Smooth (Helkath) with her suburbs, and
Broad Place (Rehob) with her suburbs; four cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Wrestling
(Naphtali), Holy Place (Kedesh) in Circuit-District (Galilee) with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hot Springs of Generation
(Hammothdor) with her suburbs, and Two Cities (Kartan) with her suburbs; three
cities.
33 All the cities of the Exile (Gershonites)
according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 And to the families of the children of
Bitter (Merari), the rest of the Children of Joined To (Levites), out of the
tribe of Exalted (Zebulun), The People Lament (Jokneam) with her suburbs, and City
(Kartah) with her suburbs,
35 Dunghill (Dimnah) with her suburbs, and
Pasture (Nahalal) with her suburbs; four cities.
36 Out of the tribe of Behold a Son
(Reuben), Gold Ore (Bezer) with her suburbs, and Trodden Down (Jahazah) with
her suburbs,
37 Eastern (Kedemoth) with her suburbs,
and Splendor Height (Mephaath) with her suburbs; four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Troop (Gad), Heights
(Ramoth) in Rocky Region (Gilead) with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for
the slayer; and Two Camps (Mahanaim) with her suburbs,
39 Stronghold (Heshbon) with her suburbs,
and Helped (Jazer) with her suburbs; four cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Bitter
(Merari) by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Children
of Joined To (Levites), were by their lot twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Children of
Joined To (Levites) within the possession of the children of God Prevails
(Israel) were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
42 These cities were all with their
suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
43 So I AM (Lord) gave to God Prevails
(Israel) all the land which He swore to give to their fathers, and they
possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 I AM (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; I AM (Lord) delivered all their enemies
into their hand.
45 There failed not ought of any good
thing which I AM (Lord) had spoken to the house of God Prevails (Israel); all
came to pass.
