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| 1Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; | 1The heads of the Levite families approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes. |
| 2And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. | 2At Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, they told them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock." |
| 3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. | 3So the Israelites, by the LORD's command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance. |
| 4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. | 4The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. |
| 5And 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. | 5The remaining descendants of Kohath received 10 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh. |
| 6And 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. | 6Gershon's descendants received 13 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. |
| 7The children of Merari by 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. | 7Merari's descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. |
| 8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. | 8The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. |
| 9And 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, | 9The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeon |
| 10Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. | 10to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot. |
| 11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. | 11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. Arba was the father of Anak. |
| 12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. | 12But they gave the fields and villages of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession. |
| 13Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, | 13They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands, |
| 14And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, | 14Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, |
| 15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, | 15Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, |
| 16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. | 16Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands--nine cities from these two tribes. |
| 17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, | 17From the tribe of Benjamin they gave: Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, |
| 18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. | 18Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. | 19All 13 cities with their pasturelands were for the priests, the descendants of Aaron. |
| 20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. | 20The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath's descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim. |
| 21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, | 21The Israelites gave them: Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, |
| 22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities. | 22Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, | 23From the tribe of Dan they gave: Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands, |
| 24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities. | 24Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. | 25From half the tribe of Manasseh they gave: Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands--two cities. |
| 26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. | 26All 10 cities with their pasturelands were for the clans of Kohath's other descendants. |
| 27And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. | 27From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon, who were one of the Levite clans: Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands--two cities. |
| 28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, | 28From the tribe of Issachar they gave: Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, |
| 29Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities. | 29Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, | 30From the tribe of Asher they gave: Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, |
| 31Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. | 31Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. | 32From the tribe of Naphtali they gave: Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands--three cities. |
| 33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. | 33All 13 cities with their pasturelands were for the Gershonites by their clans. |
| 34And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, | 34From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari, who were the remaining Levites: Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands, |
| 35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. | 35Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, | 36From the tribe of Reuben they gave: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, |
| 37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. | 37Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, | 38From the tribe of Gad they gave: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, |
| 39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. | 39Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands--four cities in all. |
| 40So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. | 40All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari's descendants, the remaining Levite clans. |
| 41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. | 41Within the Israelite possession there were 48 cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites. |
| 42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. | 42Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities. |
| 43And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. | 43So the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there. |
| 44And the LORD 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; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. | 44The LORD gave them rest on every side according to all He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies were able to stand against them, for the LORD handed over all their enemies to them. |
| 45There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. | 45None of the good promises the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled. |
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