1Then 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;2And 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.3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.4And 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.5And 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.6And 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.7The 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.8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.9And 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,10Which 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.11And 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.12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.13Thus 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,14And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.20And 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.21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.27And 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.28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,29Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,31Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.32And 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.33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.34And 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,35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.38And 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,39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.40So 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.41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.43And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.44And 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.45There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
1-2Levili boy başları, Kenan topraklarında, Şilo'da, Kâhin Elazar, Nun oğlu Yeşu ve İsrail oymaklarının boy başlarına giderek, ‹‹RAB, Musa aracılığıyla bize oturmak için kentler, hayvanlarımız için de otlaklar verilmesini buyurmuştu›› dediler. (1Ch 6:54)3Bunun üzerine İsrailliler RAB'bin buyruğu uyarınca kendi paylarından Levililer'e otlaklarıyla birlikte şu kentleri verdiler:4İlk kura Kehat boylarına düştü. Levililer'den olan Kâhin Harun'un oğullarına kurayla Yahuda, Şimon ve Benyamin oymaklarından on üç kent verildi.5Geri kalan Kehatoğulları'na Efrayim, Dan ve Manaşşe oymağının yarısına ait boylardan alınan on kent kurayla verildi.6Gerşonoğulları'na kurayla İssakar, Aşer, Naftali oymaklarına ait boylardan ve Başan'da Manaşşe oymağının yarısından alınan on üç kent verildi.7Merarioğulları'na boy sayılarına göre Ruben, Gad ve Zevulun oymaklarından alınan on iki kent verildi.8Böylece RAB'bin Musa aracılığıyla buyurduğu gibi, İsrailliler otlaklarıyla birlikte bu kentleri kurayla Levililer'e verdiler.9Yahuda, Şimon oymaklarından alınan ve aşağıda adları verilen kentler,10ilk kurayı çeken Levili Kehat boylarından Harunoğulları'na ayrıldı.11Yahuda'nın dağlık bölgesinde, Anaklılar'ın atası Arba'nın adıyla anılan Kiryat-Arba'yla -Hevron'la- çevresindeki otlaklar onlara verildi.12Kentin tarlalarıyla köyleri ise Yefunne oğlu Kalev'e mülk olarak verilmişti.13Kâhin Harun'un oğullarına kazayla adam öldürenler için sığınak kent seçilen Hevron, Livna,14Yattir, Eştemoa,15Holon, Devir,16Ayin, Yutta ve Beytşemeş kentleriyle bunların otlakları -iki oymaktan toplam dokuz kent- verildi.17Benyamin oymağından da Givon, Geva,18Anatot, Almon ve bunların otlakları, toplam dört kent verildi.19Böylece Harun'un soyundan gelen kâhinlere otlaklarıyla birlikte verilen kentlerin toplam sayısı on üçü buldu.20Kehatoğulları'ndan geri kalan Levili ailelere gelince, kurada onlara düşen kentler Efrayim oymağından alınmıştı.21Bunlar, Efrayim dağlık bölgesinde bulunan ve kazayla adam öldürenler için sığınak kent seçilen Şekem, Gezer,22Kivsayim ve Beythoron olmak üzere otlaklarıyla birlikte dört kentti.23-24Dan oymağından Elteke, Gibbeton, Ayalon ve Gat-Rimmon olmak üzere otlaklarıyla birlikte dört kent;25Manaşşe oymağının yarısından da Taanak, Gat-Rimmon ve otlakları olmak üzere iki kent alındı.26Böylece Kehatoğulları'ndan geri kalan boylara otlaklarıyla birlikte verilen kentlerin toplam sayısı onu buldu.27Levili boylardan Gerşonoğulları'na, Manaşşe oymağının yarısına ait Başan'da kazayla adam öldürenler için sığınak kent seçilen Golan ve Beeştera, otlaklarıyla birlikte iki kent;28-29İssakar oymağından alınan Kişyon, Daverat, Yarmut ve Eyn-Gannim olmak üzere otlaklarıyla birlikte dört kent;30-31Aşer oymağından alınan Mişal, Avdon, Helkat ve Rehov olmak üzere otlaklarıyla birlikte dört kent;32Naftali oymağından alınan ve kazayla adam öldürenler için sığınak kent seçilen Celile'deki Kedeş, Hammot-Dor, Kartan ve otlakları olmak üzere toplam üç kent.33Boy sayısına göre Gerşonoğulları'na otlaklarıyla birlikte verilen kentlerin toplam sayısı on üçü buldu.34Merarioğulları boylarına, geri kalan Levililer'e, Zevulun oymağından alınan Yokneam, Karta,35Dimna ve Nahalal olmak üzere otlaklarıyla birlikte toplam dört kent;36-37Ruben oymağından alınan Beser, Yahsa, Kedemot ve Mefaat olmak üzere otlaklarıyla birlikte dört kent;38-39Gad oymağından alınan ve kazayla adam öldürenler için sığınak kent seçilen Gilat'taki Ramot, Mahanayim, Heşbon ve Yazer olmak üzere otlaklarıyla birlikte toplam dört kent verildi.40Boy sayısına göre Merarioğulları'na, yani Levili boyların geri kalanlarına kurayla verilen kentlerin sayısı on ikiydi.41İsrailliler'in toprakları içinde olup otlaklarıyla birlikte Levililer'e verilen kentlerin toplamı kırk sekizi buluyordu.42Bu kentlerin hepsinin çevresinde otlakları vardı. Otlaksız kent yoktu.43Böylece RAB atalarına vermeye ant içtiği bütün ülkeyi İsrailliler'e vermiş oldu. İsrailliler de ülkeyi mülk edinip buraya yerleştiler.44RAB atalarına ant içtiği gibi, onları her yönden rahata erdirdi. Düşmanlarından hiçbiri onların önünde tutunamadı. RAB hepsini onların eline teslim etti.45RAB'bin İsrail halkına verdiği sözlerden hiçbiri boş çıkmadı; hepsi yerine geldi.