1Sedan 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.3Då fick leviterna några av de städer som man nyligen intagit och de jordområden som hörde till dem.4Tretton av dessa städer hade ursprungligen tilldelats Judas, Simeons och Benjamins stammar. Städerna gavs till prästen Arons söner bland Kehats barn.5De övriga familjerna bland Kehats barn fick tio städer från de områden som tillhörde Efraims, Dans och Manasses stammar.6Gersons barn fick genom lottkastning tretton städer. Dessa städer hade tidigare överlämnats till Isaskars, Asers och Naftalis stammar och Manasses halva stam i Basan.7Meraris barn fick tolv städer som tillhört Ruben, Gad och Sebulon.8Man gjorde alltså som Herren hade befallt Mose, och alla dessa städer valdes genom helig lottdragning inför Herren.9De 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.17Benjamins stam gav prästerna följande fyra städer med omkringliggande åkrar: Gibeon, Geba, Anatot och Almon.19Sammanlagt gavs alltså tretton städer åt Arons ättlingar.20De övriga familjerna bland Kehats barn fick fyra städer från Efraims stam: Sikem (en av fristäderna), Geser, Kibsaim och Bet-Horon.23Följande fyra städer med jordområden gavs av Dans stam: Elteke, Gibbeton, Ajalon och Gat-Rimmon.25Ena halvan av Manasses stam gav städerna Taanak och Gat-Rimmon med tillhörande jordområden.26Sammanlagt fick resten av Kehats barn tio städer med tillhörande jordområden.27Gersons barn, en annan del av Levis stam, fick två städer med jordområden av Manasses stam: Golan i Basan (en av fristäderna), och Beestera.28Isaskars stam gav fyra städer: Kisjon, Dobrat, Jarmut och En-Gannim.30Asers stam gav fyra städer med jordområden: Minal, Abdon, Helkat och Rehob.32Naftalis stam gav Kedes i Galileen (en av fristäderna), Hammot-Dor och Kartan.33Tretton städer med tillhörande jordområden tilldelades Gersons barn.34Resten av Levis stam, Meraris barn, fick fyra städer av Sebulons stam: Jokneam, Karta, Dimna och Nahalal.36Ruben gav dem Beser, Jahas, Kedemot och Mefat.38Gad gav dem fyra städer med jordområden: Ramot (en av fristäderna), Mahanaim, Hesbon och Jaeser.40Meraris barn fick alltså sammanlagt tolv städer.41Allt som allt fick leviterna fyrtioåtta städer med tillhörande jordområden.
Fred i hela landet
43På så sätt gav Herren Israel hela det land han hade lovat deras förfäder, och de drog in i det och bosatte sig där.44Och 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,45och allt gott Herren hade lovat dem gick i uppfyllelse.
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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.
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