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Joshua 19

    ²And they had for their inheritance: Beersheba or Sheba, Moladah,

    ³Hazarshual, Balah, Ezem,

    ⁴Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

    ⁵Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,

    ⁶Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; [making] thirteen cities and their villages;

    ⁷Ain [with] Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; [making] four cities and their villages;

    ⁸And all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, or Ramah of the Negeb. This was the possession of the Simeonites according to their families.

    ⁹Out of the part assigned to the Judahites was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, for the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them. Therefore the tribe of Simeon had its inheritance in the midst of Judah's inheritance.

    ¹⁰The third lot came up for the tribe of Zebulun according to their families. The border of its inheritance extended to Sarid.

    ¹¹Then its boundary went up westward and on to Maralah and reached to Dabbesheth and to the brook east of Jokneam.

    ¹²And it turned from Sarid eastward to the border of Chisloth-tabor and it went out to Daberath and on up to Japhia,

    ¹³Then passed eastward to Gath-hepher [Jonah's birthplace] and to Eth-kazin, and went on to Rimmon bending toward Neah.

    ¹⁴The boundary circled on the north to Hannathon, ending at the Valley of Iphtah-el.

    ¹⁵Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages.

    ¹⁶This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

    ¹⁷The fourth lot fell to Issachar, to its people according to their families.

    ¹⁸Their territory included: Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

    ¹⁹Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

    ²⁰Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,

    ²¹Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez.

    ²²The boundary reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages.

    ²³This is the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

    ²⁴The fifth lot fell to the tribe of Asher according to their families.

    ²⁵Their territory included: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

    ²⁶Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; and on the west it touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath.

    ²⁷Then it turned eastward to Beth-dagon, touching Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel, and continued in the north to Cabul,

    ²⁸Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to populous Sidon.

    ²⁹Then the boundary turned to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre; and it turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea--Mahalab, Achzib,

    ³⁰Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; twenty-two cities with their villages.

    ³¹This is the inheritance of the tribe of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

    ³²The sixth lot fell to the tribe of Naphtali according to their families.

    ³³Their boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum; and it ended at the Jordan.

    ³⁴Then the boundary turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and went from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah on the east at the Jordan.

    ³⁵The fortified cities included Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

    ³⁶Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

    ³⁷Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,

    ³⁸Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.

    ³⁹This is the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

    ⁴⁰And the seventh lot fell to the tribe of Dan according to their families.

    ⁴¹The territory of their inheritance included: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

    ⁴²Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

    ⁴³Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

    ⁴⁴Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

    ⁴⁵Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,

    ⁴⁶Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory before Joppa.

    ⁴⁷The territory of the tribe of Dan had to be extended [because of the crowding in of the Amorites and Philistines]; so the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem (Laish) and took it and smote it with the sword and possessed it and dwelt there, and they called Leshem (Laish) Dan after Dan their [forefather].^(A)

    ⁴⁸This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

    ⁴⁹When they had finished dividing the land for inheritance by their boundaries, the Israelites gave an inheritance among them to Joshua son of Nun.

    ⁵⁰According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city for which he asked--Timnath-serah in the hills of Ephraim. And he built the city and dwelt in it.

    ⁵¹These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

Joshua 20

    ²Say to the Israelites, Appoint among you cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,

    ³That the slayer who kills anyone accidentally and unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.^(B)

    ⁴He who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city; they shall receive him to [the protection of] that city and give him a place to dwell among them.

    ⁵If the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally, having had no hatred for him previously.

    ⁶And he shall dwell in that city until he has been tried before the congregation and until the death of him who is the high priest in those days. Then the slayer shall return to his own city from which he fled and to his own house.

    ⁷And they set apart and consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

    ⁸Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they appointed Bezer in the wilderness tableland from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

    ⁹These cities were for all the Israelites and the stranger sojourning among them, that whoever killed a person unintentionally might flee there and not be slain by the avenger of blood until he had been tried before the congregation.

Joshua 21

    ²They said to them at Shiloh in Canaan, The Lord commanded through Moses that we should be given cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands (suburbs) for our cattle.

    ³So the Israelites gave to the Levites out of their own inheritance, at the command of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

    ⁴The [first] lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those ^[a]Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin thirteen cities.

    ⁵And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh ten cities.

    ⁶The Gershonites received by lot from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities.

    ⁷The Merarites received according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun twelve cities.

    ⁸The Israelites gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands (suburbs), as the Lord commanded through Moses.

    ⁹They gave from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities here mentioned by name,

    ¹⁰Which went to the families of the descendants of Aaron, of the Kohathite branch of the Levites, for the lot fell to them first.

    ¹¹They gave them [the city of] Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its pasturelands round about it.

    ¹²But the city's fields and villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his own.

    ¹³Thus to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasturelands (suburbs), and together with their suburbs, Libnah,

    ¹⁴Jattir, Eshtemoa,

    ¹⁵Holon, Debir,

    ¹⁶Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh; nine cities, each with its suburbs, out of those two tribes.

    ¹⁷Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba,

    ¹⁸Anathoth, and Almon; four cities, each with its suburbs.

    ¹⁹The cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen, with their suburbs.

    ²⁰The rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Levitical families were allotted cities out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    ²¹To them were given, each with its pasturelands (suburbs), Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, as the city of refuge for the slayer, and Gezer,

    ²²And Kibzaim, and Beth-horon; four cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs).

    ²³And out of the tribe of Dan, each with its pasturelands (suburbs), Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

    ²⁴Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon; four cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs).

    ²⁵And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, and [another] Gath-rimmon; two cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs).

    ²⁶All the cities for the families of the remaining Kohathites were ten, with their pasturelands (suburbs).

    ²⁷And to the Gershonites of the families of the Levites they gave out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh the city of Golan in Bashan, as the city of refuge for the slayer, and Be-eshterah; two cities, each with its pasturelands.

    ²⁸Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, Daberath,

    ²⁹Jarmuth, and En-gannim; four cities, each with its suburbs.

    ³⁰Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, Abdon,

    ³¹Helkath, and Rehob; four cities, each with its pasturelands.

    ³²And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, city of refuge for the slayer, and Hammoth-dor, and Kartan; three cities, each with its suburbs.

    ³³All the cities of the Gershonite families were thirteen, with their pasturelands (suburbs).

    ³⁴And to the families of the Merarites, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun were given Jokneam, Kartah,

    ³⁵Dimnah, and Nahalal; four cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs).

    ³⁶And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, Jahaz,

    ³⁷Kedemoth, and Mephaath; four cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs).

    ³⁸And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, as the city of refuge for the slayer, and Mahanaim,

    ³⁹Heshbon, and Jazer; four cities in all, each with its pasturelands (suburbs).

    ⁴⁰So all the cities allotted to the Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the Levite families, were twelve cities.

    ⁴¹The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the Israelites were forty-eight cities in all, with their pasturelands (suburbs).

    ⁴²These cities all had their pasturelands (suburbs) around them.

    ⁴³And the Lord gave to Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and dwelt in it.

    ⁴⁴The Lord gave them rest round about, just as He had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies withstood them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.

    ⁴⁵There failed no part of any good thing which the Lord had promised to the house of Israel; all came to pass.

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²⁵Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout [cautiously and carefully observing the divine Law], and looking for the Consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

    ²⁶And it had been divinely revealed (communicated) to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

    ²⁷And prompted by the [Holy] Spirit, he came into the temple [^[a]enclosure]; and when the parents brought in the little child Jesus to do for Him what was customary according to the Law,

    ²⁸[Simeon] took Him up in his arms and praised and thanked God and said,

    ²⁹And now, Lord, You are releasing Your servant to depart (leave this world) in peace, according to Your word.

    ³⁰For with my [own] eyes I have seen Your Salvation,^(A)

    ³¹Which You have ordained and prepared before (in the presence of) all peoples,

    ³²A Light for ^[b]revelation to the Gentiles [to disclose what was before unknown] and [to bring] praise and honor and glory to Your people Israel.^(B)

    ³³And His [legal] father and [His] mother were marveling at what was said about Him.

    ³⁴And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this Child is appointed and destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against--^(C)

    ³⁵And a sword will pierce through your own soul also--that the secret thoughts and purposes of many hearts may be brought out and disclosed.

    ³⁶And there was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having lived with her husband seven years from her maidenhood,^(D)

    ³⁷And as a widow even for eighty-four years. She did not go out from the temple ^[c]enclosure, but was worshiping night and day with fasting and prayer.

    ³⁸And she too came up at that same hour, and she returned thanks to God and talked of [Jesus] to all who were looking for the redemption (deliverance) of Jerusalem.

    ³⁹And when they had done everything according to the Law of the Lord, they went back into Galilee to their own town, Nazareth.

    ⁴⁰And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him.^(E)

    ⁴¹Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year to the Passover Feast.^(F)

    ⁴²And when He was twelve years [old], they went up, as was their custom.

    ⁴³And when the Feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. Now His parents did not know this,

    ⁴⁴But, supposing Him to be in the caravan, they traveled on a day's journey; and [then] they sought Him [diligently, looking up and down for Him] among their kinsfolk and acquaintances.

    ⁴⁵And when they failed to find Him, they went back to Jerusalem, looking for Him [up and down] all the way.

    ⁴⁶After three days they found Him [came upon Him] in the ^[d][court of the] temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

    ⁴⁷And all who heard Him were astonished and overwhelmed with bewildered wonder at His intelligence and understanding and His replies.

    ⁴⁸And when they [Joseph and Mary] saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, Child, why have You treated us like this? Here Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You [distressed and tormented].

    ⁴⁹And He said to them, How is it that you had to look for Me? Did you not see and know that it is necessary [as a duty] for Me ^[e]to be in My Father's house and [occupied] about My Father's business?

    ⁵⁰But they did not comprehend what He was saying to them.

    ⁵¹And He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was [habitually] obedient to them; and his mother kept and closely and persistently guarded all these things in her heart.

    ⁵²And Jesus increased in wisdom (in broad and full understanding) and in stature and years, and in favor with God and man.