Joshua 21
New King James Version
Cities of the Levites(A)
21 Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the (B)Levites came near to (C)Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. 2 And they spoke to them at (D)Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, (E)“The Lord commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for our livestock.” 3 So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their common-lands:
4 Now the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And (F)the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, (G)had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin. 5 (H)The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 And (I)the children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 (J)The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
8 (K)And the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands by lot to the Levites, (L)as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 So they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah and from the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are [a]designated by name, 10 which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first. 11 (M)And they gave them [b]Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of (N)Anak), (O)which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it. 12 But (P)the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13 Thus (Q)to the children of Aaron the priest they gave (R)Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), (S)Libnah with its common-land, 14 (T)Jattir with its common-land, (U)Eshtemoa with its common-land, 15 (V)Holon with its common-land, (W)Debir with its common-land, 16 (X)Ain with its common-land, (Y)Juttah with its common-land, and (Z)Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes; 17 and from the tribe of Benjamin, (AA)Gibeon with its common-land, (AB)Geba with its common-land, 18 Anathoth with its common-land, and (AC)Almon with its common-land: four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common-lands.
20 (AD)And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their [c]lot from the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them (AE)Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), (AF)Gezer with its common-land, 22 Kibzaim with its common-land, and Beth Horon with its common-land: four cities; 23 and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common-land, Gibbethon with its common-land, 24 (AG)Aijalon with its common-land, and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: four cities; 25 and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common-land and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: two cities. 26 All the ten cities with their common-lands were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath.
27 (AH)Also to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave (AI)Golan in Bashan with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common-land: two cities; 28 and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common-land, Daberath with its common-land, 29 Jarmuth with its common-land, and En Gannim with its common-land: four cities; 30 and from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common-land, Abdon with its common-land, 31 Helkath with its common-land, and Rehob with its common-land: four cities; 32 and from the tribe of Naphtali, (AJ)Kedesh in Galilee with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common-land, and Kartan with its common-land: three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their common-lands.
34 (AK)And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common-land, Kartah with its common-land, 35 Dimnah with its common-land, and Nahalal with its common-land: four cities; 36 [d]and from the tribe of Reuben, (AL)Bezer with its common-land, Jahaz with its common-land, 37 Kedemoth with its common-land, and Mephaath with its common-land: four cities; 38 and from the tribe of Gad, (AM)Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land, 39 Heshbon with its common-land, and Jazer with its common-land: four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 (AN)All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands. 42 Every one of these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.
The Promise Fulfilled
43 So the Lord gave to Israel (AO)all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they (AP)took possession of it and dwelt in it. 44 (AQ)The Lord gave them (AR)rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And (AS)not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 (AT)Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
Footnotes
- Joshua 21:9 Lit. called
- Joshua 21:11 Lit. City of Arba
- Joshua 21:20 allotment
- Joshua 21:36 So with LXX, Vg. (cf. 1 Chr. 6:78, 79); MT, Bg., Tg. omit vv. 36, 37
Josua 21
Schlachter 1951
Die 48 Levitenstädte
21 Da traten die obersten Väter unter den Leviten zu Eleasar, dem Priester, und zu Josua, dem Sohne Nuns, und zu den Familienhäuptern der Stämme der Kinder Israel 2 und redeten mit ihnen zu Silo, im Lande Kanaan, und sprachen: Der Herr hat durch Mose geboten, daß man uns Städte geben soll, um darin zu wohnen, und die zugehörigen Weideplätze für unser Vieh.
3 Da gaben die Kinder Israel den Leviten von ihrem Erbteil, nach dem Befehl des Herrn, diese Städte samt ihren Weideplätzen.
4 Das Los aber fiel für das Geschlecht der Kahatiter; und die Kinder Aarons, des Priesters, unter den Leviten erhielten durch das Los dreizehn Städte vom Stamme Juda, vom Stamme Simeon und vom Stamme Benjamin. 5 Den übrigen Kindern Kahats aber wurden durch das Los zehn Städte [gegeben], von den Geschlechtern des Stammes Ephraim, vom Stamm Dan (Asser und vom Stamm Naphtali) und vom halben Stamm Manasse (zu Basan).
6 Aber den Kindern Gersons wurden durch das Los dreizehn Städte [gegeben] von den Geschlechtern des Stammes Issaschar, vom Stamm Asser und vom Stamm Naphtali und vom halben Stamm Manasse zu Basan.
7 Den Kindern Merari nach ihren Geschlechtern wurden zwölf Städte vom Stamme Ruben, vom Stamme Gad und vom Stamme Sebulon [gegeben].
8 Also gaben die Kinder Israel den Leviten durch das Los diese Städte samt ihren Weideplätzen, wie der Herr durch Mose geboten hatte.
9 Vom Stamm der Kinder Juda und vom Stamm der Kinder Simeon traten sie folgende Städte ab, die sie mit Namen nannten. 10 Und sie wurden den Kindern Aarons, vom Geschlecht der Kahatiter, aus den Kindern Levi [zuteil]; denn das erste Los fiel auf sie.
11 So gaben sie ihnen nun die Stadt Arbas, des Vaters Enaks, das ist Hebron, auf dem Gebirge Juda und ihre Weideplätze um sie her. 12 Aber den Acker und ihre Dörfer gaben sie Kaleb, dem Sohn Jephunnes, zu seiner Besitzung.
13 Also gaben sie den Kindern des Priesters Aaron Hebron, die Freistadt der Totschläger, und seine Weideplätze, Libna und seine Weideplätze, 14 Jattir und seine Weideplätze, Estemoa und seine Weideplätze, 15 Holon und seine Weideplätze, Debir und seine Weideplätze, 16 Ain und seine Weideplätze, Jutta und seine Weideplätze, Beth-Semes und seine Weideplätze, neun Städte von diesen zwei Stämmen.
17 Von dem Stamme Benjamin aber gaben sie Gibeon und seine Weideplätze, Geba und seine Weideplätze, 18 Anatot und seine Weideplätze, Almon und seine Weideplätze; vier Städte; 19 so daß der Städte der Kinder Aarons, der Priester, dreizehn waren, samt ihren Weideplätzen.
20 Den Geschlechtern aber der Kinder Kahats, den Leviten, welche von den Kindern Kahats noch übrig waren, wurden die Städte ihres Loses von dem Stamme Ephraim zuteil. 21 Und sie gaben ihnen Sichem, die Freistadt der Totschläger, und seine Weideplätze auf dem Gebirge Ephraim, ferner Geser und seine Weideplätze, 22 Kibzaim und seine Weideplätze, Beth-Horon und seine Weideplätze; vier Städte. 23 Und von dem Stamme Dan: Elteke und seine Weideplätze, Gibbeton und seine Weideplätze; 24 Ajalon und seine Weideplätze, Gat-Rimmon und seine Weideplätze; vier Städte. 25 Von dem halben Stamm Manasse aber zwei Städte: Taanach und seine Weideplätze, Gat-Rimmon und seine Weideplätze. 26 Im ganzen zehn Städte samt ihren Weideplätzen für die übrigen Kinder des Geschlechtes Kahats.
27 Den Kindern Gersons aber, aus den Geschlechtern der Leviten, wurden von dem halben Stamm Manasse zwei Städte gegeben: Golan in Basan, die Freistadt für die Totschläger, und seine Weideplätze, dazu Beestera und seine Weideplätze; 28 vom Stamm Issaschar aber Kisjon und seine Weideplätze, Daberat und seine Weideplätze, 29 Jarmut und seine Weideplätze, Engannim und seine Weideplätze; vier Städte. 30 Und vom Stamm Asser: Miseal und seine Weideplätze, Abdon und seine Weideplätze, 31 Helkat und seine Weideplätze, Rechob und seine Weideplätze; vier Städte. 32 Vom Stamm Naphtali aber Kedesch in Galiläa, die Freistadt der Totschläger, und seine Weideplätze, Hammot-Dor und seine Weideplätze, Kartan und seine Weideplätze; drei Städte, 33 so daß die Gesamtzahl der Städte der Geschlechter der Gersoniter war: dreizehn Städte samt ihren Weideplätzen.
34 Den Geschlechtern aber der Kinder Meraris, den übrigen Leviten, wurden vom Stamme Sebulon gegeben: Jokneam und seine Weideplätze, Karta und seine Weideplätze, 35 Dimna und seine Weideplätze, Nahalal und seine Weideplätze; vier Städte; 36 und vom Stamme Ruben: Bezer und seine Weideplätze, Jahza und seine Weideplätze, 37 Kedemot und seine Weideplätze, Mephaar und seine Weideplätze; vier Städte; 38 vom Stamme Gad aber Ramot in Gilead, die Freistadt für die Totschläger, und seine Weideplätze, Mahanaim und seine Weideplätze, 39 Hesbon und seine Weideplätze; Jaeser und seine Weideplätze; zusammen vier Städte. 40 Alle Städte der Kinder Meraris unter ihren Geschlechtern, die noch übrig waren von den Geschlechtern der Leviten, nach ihrem Los: zwölf Städte.
41 Also betrug die Gesamtzahl der Städte der Leviten unter dem Erbteil der Kinder Israel achtundvierzig, samt ihren Weideplätzen. 42 Es war aber mit diesen Städten so, daß eine jede ihre Weideplätze um sich her hatte, eine wie die andere.
Gottes Verheißungen in allem erfüllt
43 Also gab der Herr den Kindern Israel das ganze Land, von dem er geschworen hatte, es ihren Vätern zu geben, und sie nahmen es ein und wohnten darin. 44 Und der Herr verschaffte ihnen Ruhe ringsum, ganz so, wie er ihren Vätern geschworen hatte, und es bestand keiner ihrer Feinde vor ihnen, sondern der Herr gab alle ihre Feinde in ihre Hand. 45 Es fehlte nichts an all dem Guten, das der Herr dem Hause Israel versprochen hatte. Es kam alles.
Joshua 21
Expanded Bible
Towns for the Levites
21 The heads of the ·Levite families [L fathers of the Levites] went to talk to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the ·families [fathers] of all the tribes of Israel. 2 At Shiloh in the land of Canaan, they said to them, “The Lord commanded Moses that you give us towns where we may live and pastures for our animals.” 3 So the Israelites obeyed this command of the Lord and gave the Levite people these towns and pastures ·for their own land [L from their own inheritance/possessions]: 4 The Kohath ·family groups [clans] were part of the tribe of Levi [C the three sons of Levi were Kohath, Gershom, and Merari; Ex. 6:16; Num. 3:17]. Some of the Levites in the Kohath ·family groups [clans] were from the family of Aaron the priest. To these Levites were ·given [allotted; given by lot] thirteen towns in the areas of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 5 The ·other family groups [L rest of the sons/descendants] of Kohath were given ten towns in the areas of Ephraim, Dan, and ·West [L the half-tribe of] Manasseh.
6 The ·people from the Gershon family groups [L sons/descendants of Gershom] were given thirteen towns ·in the land [L from the clans of the tribe] of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the East Manasseh in Bashan.
7 The ·family groups [L clans of the sons/descendants] of Merari were given twelve towns in the areas of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 So the ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel] gave the Levites these towns and the pastures around them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
9 These are the names of the towns that came from the ·lands [L tribe of the sons/descendants] of Judah and Simeon. 10 The first ·choice of towns [L lot] was given to the Kohath ·family groups [clans] of the Levites. 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, also called Hebron, and all its pastures in the ·mountains [hill country] of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.) 12 But the fields and the villages around Kiriath Arba had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh [L as his possession].
13 So they gave the city of Hebron to the descendants of Aaron (Hebron was a city of ·safety [L refuge for the killer/manslayer]). They also gave them the towns of Libnah, 14 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15 Holon, Debir, 16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, and all the pastures around them. Nine towns were given from these two tribes.
17 ·They also gave the people of Aaron these cities that belonged to [L And from] the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba, 18 Anathoth, and Almon. They gave them these four towns and the pastures around them.
19 So these thirteen towns with their pastures were given to the priests, who were from the ·family [L sons; descendants] of Aaron.
20 The other Kohathite ·family groups [clans] of the Levites were ·given [allotted] these towns from the tribe of Ephraim: 21 Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim (which was a city of ·safety [L refuge for the killer/manslayer]), Gezer, 22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon. There were four towns and their pastures.
23 The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 24 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon. There were four towns and their pastures.
25 ·West [L The half-tribe of] Manasseh gave them Taanach and Gath Rimmon and the pastures around these two towns.
26 So these ten towns and the pastures around them were given to the rest of the Kohathite ·family groups [clans].
27 The Gershonite ·family groups [clans] of the Levite tribe were given these towns: ·East [L The half-tribe of] Manasseh gave them Golan in Bashan, which was a city of ·safety [L refuge for the killer/manslayer], and Be Eshtarah, and the pastures around these two towns.
28 The tribe of Issachar gave them Kishion, Daberath, 29 Jarmuth, and En Gannim, and the pastures around these four towns.
30 The tribe of Asher gave them Mishal, Abdon, 31 Helkath, and Rehob, and the pastures around these four towns.
32 The tribe of Naphtali gave them Kedesh in Galilee (a city of ·safety [refuge for the killer/manslayer]), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, and the pastures around these three towns.
33 So the Gershonite ·family groups [clans] received thirteen towns and the pastures around them.
34 The Merarite ·family groups [clans] (the rest of the Levites) were given these towns: The tribe of Zebulun gave them Jokneam, Kartah, 35 Dimnah, and Nahalal, and the pastures around these four towns.
36 The tribe of Reuben gave them Bezer, Jahaz, 37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the pastures around these four towns.
38 The tribe of Gad gave them Ramoth in Gilead (a city of ·safety [L refuge for the killer/manslayer]), Mahanaim, 39 Heshbon, and Jazer, and the pastures around these four towns.
40 So the total number of towns given to the Merarite ·family groups [clans] was twelve.
41 A total of forty-eight towns with their pastures in the ·land [L midst of the possession of the sons/T children of Israel] of Israel were given to the Levites. 42 Each town had pastures around it [L this was true of all the cities].
43 So the Lord gave ·the people [L Israel] all the land he had promised their ancestors. The people took the land and lived there. 44 The Lord gave them ·peace [rest] on all sides, as he had ·promised [sworn to] their ancestors. None of their enemies ·defeated [could resist] them; the Lord handed all their enemies ·over to them [L into their hands]. 45 He kept every promise he had made to the Israelites; each one came true.
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