分给利未人的城邑

21 1-2 利未人的众族长到迦南的示罗见祭司以利亚撒、嫩的儿子约书亚和以色列各支派的首领,说:“耶和华借着摩西曾吩咐你们把一些城邑分给我们住,让我们可以在城郊牧养牲畜。” 以色列人便按照耶和华的吩咐,从他们的产业中把以下的城邑及城郊分给了利未人。

利未人哥辖宗族中大祭司亚伦的子孙从犹大、西缅和便雅悯支派的产业中抽签得了十三座城。 哥辖宗族中其他的人也从以法莲、但和玛拿西半个支派的产业中抽签得了十座城。 革顺的子孙从以萨迦、亚设、拿弗他利和在巴珊的玛拿西半个支派的产业中抽签得了十三座城。 米拉利的子孙按宗族从吕便、迦得和西布伦支派的产业中抽签得了十二座城。

以色列人照耶和华对摩西的吩咐,把这些城邑及其草场用抽签的方式分给利未人。

9-10 利未支派哥辖宗族中亚伦的子孙得到第一签,以下是从犹大和西缅两支派的产业中抽出来分给他们的土地: 11 犹大山区的基列·亚巴及其草场,亚巴原是亚衲人的祖先,基列·亚巴就是希伯仑。 12 而城周围的田地和乡村已经分给耶孚尼的儿子迦勒作产业。

13 以色列人把避难城希伯仑分给祭司亚伦的子孙,并把立拿、 14 雅提珥、以实提莫、 15 何仑、底璧、 16 亚因、淤他、伯·示麦共九座城及其草场分给了他们。这都是从犹大和西缅两支派分出来的。 17 从便雅悯支派的产业中分给他们的城有:基遍、迦巴、 18 亚拿突、亚勒们四座城及其草场。 19 亚伦的子孙中做祭司的共分到十三座城邑及其草场。

20 利未人哥辖宗族其他的子孙从以法莲支派的产业中分到的城邑有: 21 以法莲山区的避难城示剑,基色、 22 基伯先和伯·和仑共四座城及其草场。 23 从但支派的产业中分给他们的城邑有:伊利提基、基比顿、 24 亚雅仑和迦特·临门四座城及其草场。 25 他们从玛拿西半个支派的产业中分到他纳和迦特·临门两座城及其草场。 26 以上是哥辖其他的子孙所分到的十座城及其草场。

27 以色列人分给利未支派中革顺子孙的城邑有:玛拿西半个支派中巴珊的哥兰避难城和比·施提拉及其草场,共两座城; 28 以萨迦支派的基善、大比拉、 29 耶末、隐·干宁四座城及其草场; 30 亚设支派的米沙勒、押顿、 31 黑甲、利合四座城及其草场; 32 拿弗他利支派的哈末·多珥、加珥坦和加利利的避难城基低斯三座城及其草场。 33 革顺人按宗族共分到十三座城邑及其草场。 34 其余的利未人,就是米拉利的子孙所分到的城邑有:西布伦支派的约念、加珥他、 35 丁拿、拿哈拉四座城及其草场; 36 吕便支派的比悉、雅杂、 37 基底莫、米法押四座城及其草场; 38 迦得支派的玛哈念、基列的避难城拉末、 39 希实本、雅谢四座城及其草场。 40 利未人中米拉利的子孙按宗族所分到的城邑共有十二座。

41 利未人从以色列各支派共分到四十八座城及其草场, 42 这些城周围都有草场,城城如此。

43 这样,耶和华把从前起誓赐给以色列人祖先的整个地区都赐给了以色列人,以色列人都分到土地,住了下来。 44 耶和华照着给他们祖先的应许,使他们四境安宁,没有仇敌能抵挡他们。耶和华将所有仇敌都交在了他们手中。 45 耶和华给以色列人的美好应许没有一句落空,全部实现了。

利未人所得的城鎮

21 那時,利未人的眾族長來到以利亞撒祭司和嫩的兒子約書亞,以及以色列眾支派的族長那裡, 在迦南地的示羅對他們說:“耶和華曾經藉著摩西吩咐要給我們城市居住,和城的郊野可以牧放我們的牲畜。” 於是以色列人照著耶和華所吩咐的,從自己的產業中,把以下這些城市和城的郊野,給了利未人。 首先為哥轄家族抽出籤來:利未支派亞倫祭司的子孫,從猶大支派、西緬支派和便雅憫支派,抽籤得了十三座城。 哥轄其餘的子孫,從以法蓮支派的家族、但支派和瑪拿西半個支派,抽籤得了十座城。 革順的子孫,從以薩迦支派的家族、亞設支派、拿弗他利支派和在巴珊的瑪拿西半個支派,抽籤得了十三座城。 米拉利的子孫,按著家族,從流本支派、迦得支派和西布倫支派,得了十二座城。 以色列人照著耶和華吩咐摩西的,藉著抽籤,把這些城市和城的郊野分給利未人。

他們從猶大支派和西緬支派中,把以下這些有提名的城分了 10 給利未支派、哥轄家族中亞倫的子孫,因為第一籤是他們的。 11 以色列人把猶大山地的基列.亞巴,和它四圍的郊野,給了他們;亞巴是亞衲族的祖宗,基列.亞巴就是希伯崙。 12 屬於那城的田地和村莊,他們卻給了耶孚尼的兒子迦勒作產業。

13 以色列人把誤殺人者的避難城希伯崙,和希伯崙的郊野,又把立拿和立拿的郊野給了亞倫祭司的子孫, 14 還有雅提珥和雅提珥的郊野,以實提莫和以實提莫的郊野, 15 何崙和何崙的郊野,底璧和底璧的郊野, 16 亞因和亞因的郊野,淤他和淤他的郊野,伯.示麥和伯.示麥的郊野,共九座城,都是從這兩個支派分出來的。 17 又從便雅憫支派中,分給他們基遍和基遍的郊野,迦巴和迦巴的郊野, 18 亞拿突和亞拿突的郊野,亞勒們和亞勒們的郊野,共四座城。 19 亞倫子孫眾祭司所有的城,共十三座,還有這些城的郊野。

20 利未支派哥轄子孫的家族,就是哥轄其餘的子孫,抽籤所得的城是從以法蓮支派中分出來的。 21 以色列人把誤殺人者的避難城,就是在以法蓮山地的示劍和示劍的郊野,給了他們;又把基色和基色的郊野,給了他們; 22 又有基伯先和基伯先的郊野,伯.和崙和伯.和崙的郊野,共四座城。 23 又從但支派中,給了他們伊利提基和伊利提基的郊野,基比頓和基比頓的郊野, 24 亞雅崙和亞雅崙的郊野,迦特.臨門和迦特.臨門的郊野,共四座城。 25 又從瑪拿西半個支派中,給了他們他納和他納的郊野,迦特.臨門和迦特.臨門的郊野,共兩座城。 26 哥轄子孫其餘的家族所有的城共十座,還有這些城的郊野。

27 以色列人又從瑪拿西半個支派中,把誤殺人者的避難城,就是在巴珊的哥蘭,和哥蘭的郊野,給了利未人的家族中革順的子孫;又給了他們比.施提拉和比.施提拉的郊野,共兩座城。 28 又從以薩迦支派中,給了他們基善和基善的郊野,大比拉和大比拉的郊野, 29 耶末和耶末的郊野,隱.干寧和隱.干寧的郊野,共四座城。 30 又從亞設支派中,給了他們米沙勒和米沙勒的郊野,押頓和押頓的郊野, 31 黑甲和黑甲的郊野,利合和利合的郊野,共四座城。 32 以色列人又從拿弗他利支派中,把誤殺人者的避難城,就是在加利利的基低斯和基低斯的郊野,給了他們;又給他們哈末.多珥和哈末.多珥的郊野,加珥但和加珥但的郊野,共三座城。 33 革順人按著家族所有的城共十三座,還有這些城的郊野。

34 其餘的利未人,米拉利的子孫的家族,從西布倫支派中分得約念和約念的郊野,加珥他和加珥他的郊野, 35 丁拿和丁拿的郊野,拿哈拉和拿哈拉的郊野,共四座城。 36 又從流本支派中,給了他們比悉和比悉的郊野,雅雜和雅雜的郊野, 37 基底莫和基底莫的郊野,米法押和米法押的郊野,共四座城。 38 以色列人又從迦得支派中,把誤殺人者的避難城,就是在基列的拉末和拉末的郊野,給了他們;又給他們瑪哈念和瑪哈念的郊野, 39 希實本和希實本的郊野,雅謝和雅謝的郊野,共四座城。 40 利未人其餘的家族,就是米拉利的子孫,按著家族抽籤所得的城,共有十二座。

41 在以色列人的地業中,利未人所得的城共四十八座,還有這些城的郊野。 42 這些城周圍都有自己的郊野,每一座都是這樣。

 神的應許實現

43 這樣,耶和華就把他從前起誓要賜給他們列祖的全地給了以色列人;以色列人佔領了那地,就定居下來。 44 耶和華照著他向他們列祖起誓所說的一切話,使他們四境平靜;他們所有的仇敵,沒有一人能在他們面前站立得住;耶和華把他們所有的仇敵都交在他們手裡。 45 耶和華向以色列家應許賜福的話,沒有一句落空,都應驗了。

Cities for the Tribe of Levi

21 Then the leaders of the families of Levi came to the priest Eleazar, to Joshua (son of Nun), and to the leaders of the families of the other Israelite tribes at Shiloh in Canaan. They said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we should receive cities to live in and pasturelands for our livestock.” So, as the Lord had instructed, Levi’s descendants were given the following cities with pasturelands from the Israelites’ inheritance.

These are the cities for the families of Kohath that were chosen by drawing lots. These descendants of the priest Aaron the Levite received 13 cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. The rest of Kohath’s descendants received 10 cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and half of the tribe of Manasseh.

Gershon’s descendants received 13 cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. The Israelites gave these cities with pasturelands to Levi’s descendants by drawing lots, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Cities for Kohath’s Descendants

These are the names of the cities from the tribes of Judah and Simeon 10 that they gave Aaron’s descendants who were from the families of Kohath in the tribe of Levi. Their lot was the first one drawn. 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (Arba was Anak’s father) and the pastureland around it. This is the city of Hebron located in the mountains of Judah. 12 But they gave its fields and villages to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, as his possession. 13 So they gave the following cities with pasturelands to the descendants of Aaron, the priest. The nine cities from those two tribes were Hebron (a city of refuge for murderers), Libnah, 14 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15 Holon, Debir, 16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh. 17 The tribe of Benjamin also gave them four cities: Gibeon, Geba, 18 Anathoth, and Almon. 19 In all, 13 cities with pasturelands were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

20 Cities were chosen by lot from the tribe of Ephraim to give to the rest of Levi’s descendants who were from the families of Kohath. 21 These four cities with pasturelands were Shechem (a city of refuge for murderers) in the mountains of Ephraim, Gezer, 22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon. 23 The tribe of Dan gave them four cities: Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 24 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon. 25 Half of the tribe of Manasseh gave them two cities with pasturelands: Taanach and Gath Rimmon. 26 In all, ten cities with pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of Kohath.

Cities for Gershon’s Descendants

27 They gave the families of Gershon’s descendants, who were in the tribe of Levi, two cities with pasturelands from half of the tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for murderers) and Ashtaroth. 28 Four cities with pasturelands were also given to them from the tribe of Issachar: Kishion, Daberath, 29 Jarmuth, and En Gannim. 30 Another four cities with pasturelands were given to them from the tribe of Asher: Mishal, Abdon, 31 Helkath, and Rehob. 32 Also three cities with pasturelands were given to them from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for murderers), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan. 33 In all, 13 cities with pasturelands were given to Gershon’s families.

Cities for Merari’s Descendants

34 To the families of Merari, who were from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of Zebulun gave four cities with pasturelands: Jokneam, Kartah, 35 Dimnah, and Nahalal. 36 The tribe of Reuben also gave them four cities with pasturelands: Bezer, Jahaz, 37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath. 38 The tribe of Gad also gave them four cities with pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for murderers), Mahanaim, 39 Heshbon, and Jazer. 40 All these cities belonged to the families of Merari. They were the last of the families of Levi. These 12 cities were chosen by lot.

41 Within the territory owned by the Israelites there were 48 cities in all for Levi’s descendants. 42 Each of these cities had its own pastureland around it.

43 So the Lord gave Israel the whole land he had sworn to give their ancestors. They took possession of it and settled there. 44 The Lord allowed them to have peace on every side, as he had sworn with an oath to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies stood up to them. The Lord handed all their enemies over to them. 45 Every single good promise that the Lord had given the nation of Israel came true.

21 Then 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;

And 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.

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

And 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.

And 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.

And 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.

The 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.

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

And 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.

10 Which 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.

11 And 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.

12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

13 Thus 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,

14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

20 And 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.

21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.

23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

27 And 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.

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

32 And 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.

33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

34 And 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,

35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

38 And 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,

39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

40 So 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.

41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

43 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

44 And 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.

45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

Towns for the Levites(A)

21 Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel(B) at Shiloh(C) in Canaan and said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that you give us towns(D) to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.”(E) So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

The first lot came out for the Kohathites,(F) according to their clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.(G) The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.(H)

The descendants of Gershon(I) were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar,(J) Asher,(K) Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

The descendants of Merari,(L) according to their clans, received twelve(M) towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.(N)

So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name 10 (these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

11 They gave them Kiriath Arba(O) (that is, Hebron(P)), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) 12 But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.(Q)

13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge(R) for one accused of murder), Libnah,(S) 14 Jattir,(T) Eshtemoa,(U) 15 Holon,(V) Debir,(W) 16 Ain,(X) Juttah(Y) and Beth Shemesh,(Z) together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

17 And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon,(AA) Geba,(AB) 18 Anathoth(AC) and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

19 The total number of towns(AD) for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.(AE)

20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

21 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem(AF) (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,(AG) 22 Kibzaim and Beth Horon,(AH) together with their pasturelands—four towns.(AI)

23 Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,(AJ) 24 Aijalon(AK) and Gath Rimmon,(AL) together with their pasturelands—four towns.

25 From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach(AM) and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—two towns.

26 All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.(AN)

27 The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:

from the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Golan in Bashan(AO) (a city of refuge for one accused of murder(AP)) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

28 from the tribe of Issachar,(AQ)

Kishion,(AR) Daberath,(AS) 29 Jarmuth(AT) and En Gannim,(AU) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

30 from the tribe of Asher,(AV)

Mishal,(AW) Abdon,(AX) 31 Helkath and Rehob,(AY) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

32 from the tribe of Naphtali,

Kedesh(AZ) in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder(BA)), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns.

33 The total number of towns of the Gershonite(BB) clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

34 The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:

from the tribe of Zebulun,(BC)

Jokneam,(BD) Kartah, 35 Dimnah and Nahalal,(BE) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

36 from the tribe of Reuben,

Bezer,(BF) Jahaz,(BG) 37 Kedemoth and Mephaath,(BH) together with their pasturelands—four towns;

38 from the tribe of Gad,

Ramoth(BI) in Gilead(BJ) (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,(BK) 39 Heshbon and Jazer,(BL) together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.

40 The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.(BM)

41 The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.(BN) 42 Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors,(BO) and they took possession(BP) of it and settled there.(BQ) 44 The Lord gave them rest(BR) on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies(BS) withstood them; the Lord gave all their enemies(BT) into their hands.(BU) 45 Not one of all the Lord’s good promises(BV) to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.