Joshua 21 | King James Version

King James Version

1 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; 2 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. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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.

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Leviternas städer

1 Sedan kom ledarna för Levis stam till Silo för att rådgöra med prästen Eleasar och Josua samt de övriga ledarna i Israel. 2 "Herren sa till Mose att ge oss leviter städer där vi kunde bo och betesmark för vår boskap", sa de. 3 Då fick leviterna några av de städer som man nyligen intagit och de jordområden som hörde till dem. 4 Tretton av dessa städer hade ursprungligen tilldelats Judas, Simeons och Benjamins stammar. Städerna gavs till prästen Arons söner bland Kehats barn. 5 De övriga familjerna bland Kehats barn fick tio städer från de områden som tillhörde Efraims, Dans och Manasses stammar. 6 Gersons barn fick genom lottkastning tretton städer. Dessa städer hade tidigare överlämnats till Isaskars, Asers och Naftalis stammar och Manasses halva stam i Basan. 7 Meraris barn fick tolv städer som tillhört Ruben, Gad och Sebulon. 8 Man gjorde alltså som Herren hade befallt Mose, och alla dessa städer valdes genom helig lottdragning inför Herren. 9-16 De som först fick sitt område var de präster och ättlingar till Aron, som tillhörde Kehats barn i Levis stam. Judas och Simeons stammar gav dem nio städer med kringliggande jordområden. En av städerna hette Hebron och låg i Judeens bergsbygd. Hebron, som var en fristad, hette också Kirjat-Arba. (Arba var far till Anak.) Men fälten bakom staden och de kringliggande byarna gavs åt Kaleb, Jefunnes son. De andra städerna hette: Libna, Jattir, Estemoa, Holon, Debir, Ain, Jutta och Bet-Semes. 17-18 Benjamins stam gav prästerna följande fyra städer med omkringliggande åkrar: Gibeon, Geba, Anatot och Almon. 19 Sammanlagt gavs alltså tretton städer åt Arons ättlingar. 20-22 De övriga familjerna bland Kehats barn fick fyra städer från Efraims stam: Sikem (en av fristäderna), Geser, Kibsaim och Bet-Horon. 23-24 Följande fyra städer med jordområden gavs av Dans stam: Elteke, Gibbeton, Ajalon och Gat-Rimmon. 25 Ena halvan av Manasses stam gav städerna Taanak och Gat-Rimmon med tillhörande jordområden. 26 Sammanlagt fick resten av Kehats barn tio städer med tillhörande jordområden. 27 Gersons barn, en annan del av Levis stam, fick två städer med jordområden av Manasses stam: Golan i Basan (en av fristäderna), och Beestera. 28-29 Isaskars stam gav fyra städer: Kisjon, Dobrat, Jarmut och En-Gannim. 30-31 Asers stam gav fyra städer med jordområden: Minal, Abdon, Helkat och Rehob. 32 Naftalis stam gav Kedes i Galileen (en av fristäderna), Hammot-Dor och Kartan. 33 Tretton städer med tillhörande jordområden tilldelades Gersons barn. 34-35 Resten av Levis stam, Meraris barn, fick fyra städer av Sebulons stam: Jokneam, Karta, Dimna och Nahalal. 36-37 Ruben gav dem Beser, Jahas, Kedemot och Mefat. 38-39 Gad gav dem fyra städer med jordområden: Ramot (en av fristäderna), Mahanaim, Hesbon och Jaeser. 40 Meraris barn fick alltså sammanlagt tolv städer. 41-42 Allt som allt fick leviterna fyrtioåtta städer med tillhörande jordområden.

Fred i hela landet

43 På så sätt gav Herren Israel hela det land han hade lovat deras förfäder, och de drog in i det och bosatte sig där. 44 Och Herren gav dem fred, precis som han hade lovat, och ingen kunde stå emot dem. Herren hjälpte dem, så att de kunde besegra alla sina fiender, 45 och allt gott Herren hade lovat dem gick i uppfyllelse.