Joshua 21 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
The heads of the families approached the Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders of Israel.
They spoke to them at in the land of Canaan: "Yahweh commanded through Moses that we be given towns to live in, along with for our livestock."
So, following Yahweh's command, the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and pasturelands from their own tribal territories.
The came out for the families. The descendants of Aaron the priest, who were Kohathites, received thirteen towns by from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
The rest of the Kohathite families received ten towns by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
The families received thirteen towns by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in
The families received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
The Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites by lot, exactly as Yahweh had commanded through Moses.
From the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon, they gave the following towns, listed here by name.
These went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the Kohathite families of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them.
They gave them — that is, — in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
But the fields and villages surrounding the city had already been given to son of Jephunneh as his personal possession.
To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron — a of for those who killed someone accidentally — along with its pasturelands. They also gave them Libnah and its pasturelands,
Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,
Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,
Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and and its pasturelands — nine towns from these two tribes.
From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands,
and its pasturelands, and Almon and its pasturelands — four towns.
The total number of towns for the descendants of Aaron, the priests, was thirteen towns with their pasturelands.
The remaining Kohathite families of the Levites received towns by lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
They gave them — a city of refuge for those who killed someone accidentally — in the hill country of Ephraim, along with its pasturelands. They also gave them Gezer and its pasturelands,
Kibzaim and its pasturelands, and Beth-horon and its pasturelands — four towns.
From the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands,
Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands — four towns.
From the half-tribe of Manasseh: Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands — two towns.
The total for the remaining Kohathite families was ten towns with their pasturelands.
To the Gershonite families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh: in Bashan — a city of refuge for those who killed someone accidentally — along with its pasturelands, and Be-eshterah and its pasturelands — two towns.
From the tribe of Issachar: Kishion and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,
Jarmuth and its pasturelands, and En-gannim and its pasturelands — four towns.
From the tribe of Asher: Mishal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,
Helkath and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands — four towns.
From the tribe of Naphtali: in — a city of refuge for those who killed someone accidentally — along with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor and its pasturelands, and Kartan and its pasturelands — three towns.
The total for the Gershonite families was thirteen towns with their pasturelands.
To the Merarite families — the remaining Levites — from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands,
Dimnah and its pasturelands, and Nahalal and its pasturelands — four towns.
From the tribe of Reuben: and its pasturelands, Jahaz and its pasturelands,
Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands — four towns.
From the tribe of Gad: in — a city of refuge for those who killed someone accidentally — along with its pasturelands, and its pasturelands,
Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands — four towns in all.
The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite families — the remaining Levites — was twelve towns.
The total number of Levite within Israel's territory was with their pasturelands.
Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it. This was true for every one of them.
So Yahweh Israel all the land he had to give their ancestors. They of it and settled there.
Yahweh gave them on every exactly as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies could stand against them — Yahweh all their enemies to them.
Not a one of all the Yahweh had made to the house of Israel failed. Every one of them