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Joshua 21
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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
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Ciudades de los levitas
21 Los jefes de los padres de los levitas vinieron al sacerdote Eleazar, a Josué hijo de Nun y a los cabezas de los padres de las tribus de los hijos de Israel,
2 y les hablaron en Silo en la tierra de Canaán, diciendo: Jehová mandó por medio de Moisés que nos fuesen dadas ciudades donde habitar, con sus ejidos para nuestros ganados.
3 Entonces los hijos de Israel dieron de su propia herencia a los levitas, conforme al mandato de Jehová, estas ciudades con sus ejidos.
4 Y la suerte cayó sobre las familias de los coatitas; y los hijos de Aarón el sacerdote, que eran de los levitas, obtuvieron por suerte de la tribu de Judá, de la tribu de Simeón y de la tribu de Benjamín, trece ciudades.
5 Y los otros hijos de Coat obtuvieron por suerte diez ciudades de las familias de la tribu de Efraín, de la tribu de Dan y de la media tribu de Manasés.
6 Los hijos de Gersón obtuvieron por suerte, de las familias de la tribu de Isacar, de la tribu de Aser, de la tribu de Neftalí y de la media tribu de Manasés en Basán, trece ciudades.
7 Los hijos de Merarí según sus familias obtuvieron de la tribu de Rubén, de la tribu de Gad y de la tribu de Zabulón, doce ciudades.
8 Dieron, pues, los hijos de Israel a los levitas estas ciudades con sus ejidos, por suertes, como había mandado Jehová por conducto de Moisés.
Parte de los coatitas
9 De la tribu de los hijos de Judá, y de la tribu de los hijos de Simeón, dieron estas ciudades que fueron nombradas,
10 las cuales obtuvieron los hijos de Aarón de las familias de Coat, de los hijos de Leví; porque para ellos fue la suerte en primer lugar.
11 Les dieron Quiryat-arbá del padre de Anac, la cual es Hebrón, en el monte de Judá, con sus pastos en sus contornos.
12 Mas el campo de la ciudad y sus aldeas dieron a Caleb hijo de Jefuné, por posesión suya.
13 Y a los hijos del sacerdote Aarón dieron Hebrón con sus ejidos como ciudad de refugio para los homicidas; además, Libná con sus ejidos,
14 Jatir con sus ejidos, Estemoa con sus ejidos,
15 Holón con sus ejidos, Debir con sus ejidos,
16 Aín con sus ejidos, Jutá con sus ejidos y Bet-semes con sus ejidos; nueve ciudades de estas dos tribus;
17 y de la tribu de Benjamín, Gabaón con sus ejidos, Geba con sus ejidos,
18 Anatot con sus ejidos, Almón con sus ejidos; cuatro ciudades.
19 Todas las ciudades de los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón son trece con sus ejidos.
20 Mas las familias de los hijos de Coat, levitas, los que quedaban de los hijos de Coat, recibieron por suerte ciudades de la tribu de Efraín.
21 Les dieron Siquem con sus ejidos, en el monte de Efraín, como ciudad de refugio para los homicidas; además, Gézer con sus ejidos,
22 Kibsaim con sus ejidos y Bethorón con sus ejidos; cuatro ciudades.
23 De la tribu de Dan, Eltequé con sus ejidos, Gibetón con sus ejidos,
24 Ajalón con sus ejidos y Gatrimón con sus ejidos; cuatro ciudades.
25 Y de la media tribu de Manasés, Taanac con sus ejidos y Gat-rimón con sus ejidos; dos ciudades.
26 Todas las ciudades para el resto de las familias de los hijos de Coat fueron diez con sus ejidos.
Parte de los hijos de Gersón
27 A los hijos de Gersón de las familias de los levitas, dieron de la media tribu de Manasés a Golán en Basán con sus ejidos como ciudad de refugio para los homicidas, y además, Beesterá con sus ejidos; dos ciudades.
28 De la tribu de Isacar, Cisón con sus ejidos, Daberat con sus ejidos,
29 Jarmut con sus ejidos y Enganim con sus ejidos; cuatro ciudades.
30 De la tribu de Aser, Miseal con sus ejidos, Abdón con sus ejidos,
31 Helcat con sus ejidos y Rehob con sus ejidos; cuatro ciudades.
32 Y de la tribu de Neftalí, Cedes en Galilea con sus ejidos como ciudad de refugio para los homicidas, y además, Hamot-dor con sus ejidos y Cartán con sus ejidos; tres ciudades.
33 Todas las ciudades de los gersonitas por sus familias fueron trece ciudades con sus ejidos.
Parte de los hijos de Merarí
34 Y a las familias de los hijos de Merarí, levitas que quedaban, se les dio de la tribu de Zabulón, Jocneam con sus ejidos, Cartá con sus ejidos,
35 Dimná con sus ejidos y Naalal con sus ejidos; cuatro ciudades.
36 Y de la tribu de Rubén, Béser con sus ejidos, Jahaz con sus ejidos,
37 Cademot con sus ejidos y Mefaat con sus ejidos; cuatro ciudades.
38 De la tribu de Gad, Ramot de Galaad con sus ejidos como ciudad de refugio para los homicidas; además, Mahanáyim con sus ejidos,
39 Hesbón con sus ejidos y Jazer con sus ejidos; cuatro ciudades.
40 Todas las ciudades de los hijos de Merarí por sus familias, que restaban de las familias de los levitas, fueron por sus suertes doce ciudades.
41 Y todas las ciudades de los levitas en medio de la posesión de los hijos de Israel, fueron cuarenta y ocho ciudades con sus ejidos.
42 Estas ciudades estaban apartadas la una de la otra, y comprendían la ciudad y el terreno de pastoreo a su alrededor. Así eran todas las ciudades mencionadas.
Israel ocupa la tierra
43 De esta manera dio Jehová a Israel toda la tierra que había jurado dar a sus padres, y la poseyeron y habitaron en ella.
44 Y Jehová les dio reposo alrededor, conforme a todo lo que había jurado a sus padres; y ninguno de todos sus enemigos pudo hacerles frente, porque Jehová entregó en sus manos a todos sus enemigos.
45 No faltó palabra de todas las buenas promesas que Jehová había hecho a la casa de Israel; todo se cumplió.
Joshua 21
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Joshua 21
New International Version
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) 2 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) 3 So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
4 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) 5 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.(H)
6 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.
7 The descendants of Merari,(L) according to their clans, received twelve(M) towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.(N)
8 So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
9 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)
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,
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.
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