1De levitiske klaners overhoveder kom nu til Shilo med en anmodning til ypperstepræsten Eleazar, Josva og overhovederne for de øvrige stammer.2„Herren talte til Moses om, at vi skulle have nogle byer at bo i og have græsmarker til vores husdyr,” sagde de.3Derfor gav de øvrige stammer afkald på et antal byer med opland, som ved lodtrækning blev fordelt mellem levitterne.4Det første lod faldt på Kehat-klanen. Arons slægt, som hørte til denne klan,* fik 13 byer, der oprindelig var blevet tildelt Judas, Simeons og Benjamins stammer.5De øvrige slægter blandt kehattitterne fik 10 byer fra Efraims, Dans og Manasses halve stammes områder,6mens Issakars, Ashers, Naftalis og Manasses halve stamme i Bashan overgav 13 byer til Gershon-klanen.7Merari-klanen fik 12 byer af Rubens, Gads og Zebulons stammer.8Herrens befaling til Moses var dermed fulgt. Alle disse byer med tilhørende græsmarker blev ved lodtrækning fordelt blandt levitterne.9Af de 13 byer, som Arons slægt fik, var de ni fra Judas og Simeons områder. Først fik de Hebron med tilhørende græsmarker i Judas højland—tilflugtsbyen, som også kaldes Kirjat-Arba efter anakitten Anaks far. Men Kaleb af Judas stamme fik lov at beholde de øvrige marker,* som hørte til byen, samt de omliggende landsbyer. Arons slægt fik også Libna, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ajin, Jutta og Bet-Shemesh—alle med tilhørende græsmarker.17De øvrige fire byer var i Benjamins stammeområde: Gibeon, Geba, Anatot og Alemet.19Præsterne, Arons efterkommere, fik altså i alt 13 byer med tilhørende græsmarker til deres husdyr.20De øvrige familier fra Kehat-klanen fik af Efraims stamme følgende fire byer med tilhørende græsmarker: tilflugtsbyen Sikem i Efraims højland, Gezer, Kibsajim og Bet-Horon.23Dans stamme afstod følgende fire byer med tilhørende græsmarker: Elteke, Gibbeton, Ajjalon og Gat-Rimmon.25Manasses halve stamme afstod byerne Ta’anak og Jibleam.*26Det var i alt 10 byer med tilhørende græsmarker, som blev afstået til resten af Kehat-klanen.27De 13 byer med tilhørende græsmarker, som Gershon-klanen fik, lå i følgende stammeområder: Manasses halve stamme i Bashan afstod to byer: tilflugtsbyen Golan og Ashtarot.28Issakars stamme afstod fire byer: Kishjon, Daberat, Jarmut og En-Gannim.30Ashers stamme afstod også fire byer: Mishal, Abdon, Helkat og Rehob.32Naftalis stamme afstod tre byer: tilflugtsbyen Kedesh i Galilæa, Hammot-Dor og Kartan.34De 12 byer, som ved lodtrækning tilfaldt den sidste af levitternes klaner, Merari-klanen, lå i følgende stammeområder: Zebulons stamme afstod fire byer: Jokneam, Karta, Rimmona og Nahalal.36Rubens stamme afstod også fire byer: Betzer, Jahatz, Kedemot og Mefa’at.38Gads stamme afstod også fire byer: tilflugtsbyen Ramot i Gilead, Mahanajim, Heshbon og Jazer.41På denne måde fik Levitterne i alt 48 byer med tilhørende græsmarker.43Således fordelte Herren hele landet mellem Israels stammer, sådan som han havde lovet deres forfædre; og de slog sig ned i landet, efter at de havde taget det i besiddelse.44Derefter gav Herren dem fred og ro i landet, sådan som han havde lovet; ingen kunne klare sig imod dem, for Herren overgav deres fjender til dem.45Herren opfyldte alle de gode løfter, han havde givet sit folk. Det var ikke tomme ord, han havde talt!
English Standard Version
Cities and Pasturelands Allotted to Levi
1Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.2And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.”3So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.4The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.5And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.6The Gershonites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.7The Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.8These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.9Out of the tribe of the people of Judah and the tribe of the people of Simeon they gave the following cities mentioned by name,10which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the clans of the Kohathites who belonged to the people of Levi; since the lot fell to them first.11They gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.12But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.13And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,14Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,15Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,16Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes;17then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,18Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities.19The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.20As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim.21To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,22Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities;23and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,24Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities;25and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities.26The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.27And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities;28and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,29Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities;30and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,31Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities;32and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.33The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.34And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,35Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities;36and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,37Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities;38and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,39Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.40As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.41The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.42These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.43Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there.44And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the Lord had given all their enemies into their hands.45Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Nutzererfahrung bieten zu können.