Josue 21

¹And the Princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the Priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and to the chief of the kindreds in every tribe of the children of Israel

²and they spake to them in Silo of the Land of Chanaan, and said: Our Lord commanded by the hand of Moyses, that cities should be given us to inhabit, and their suburbs to feed cattle.

³And the children of Israel gave of their possessions according to the commandment of our Lord, cities and their suburbs.

⁴And the lot came forth unto the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the Priest out of the tribe of Judas, and Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.

⁵And to the rest of the children of Caath, that is to the Levites, which remained, out of the tribes of Ephraim, and Dan, and the half tribe of Manasses, ten cities.

⁶Moreover to the children of Gerson came forth a lot, that they should take of the tribes of Issachar & Aser & Nephthali, & the half tribe of Manasses in Basan, cities in number thirteen.

⁷And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribe of Ruben and Gad & Zabulon, twelve cities.

⁸and the children of Israel gave to the Levites cities and their suburbs, as our Lord commanded by the hand of Moyses, giving to every one by lot.

⁹Of the tribes of the children of Judas & Simeon Josue gave cities: whose names be these,

¹⁰to the children of Aaron by the families of Caath of the Levitical stock (for the first lot came forth to them)

¹¹Cariatharbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Judas, & the suburbs thereof round about.

¹²But the fields and the towns thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone to possess.

¹³He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the Priest Hebron a city of refuge, & the suburbs thereof: and Lobna with the suburbs thereof:

¹⁴and Jether and Estemo,

¹⁵& Holon, & Dabir,

¹⁶and Ain, & Ieta, and Bethsames, with the suburbs thereof: nine cities of two tribes, as hath been said.

¹⁷And of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, & Gabæ,

¹⁸and Anathoth and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.

¹⁹All the cities together of the children of Aaron the Priest, thirteen, with their suburbs.

²⁰But to the rest by the families of the children of Caath of the Levitical stock was given this possession.

²¹Of the tribe of Ephraim the cities of refuge, Sichem with the suburbs thereof in the mountain of Ephraim, and Gazer

²²and Cibsaim, and Beth horon, with the suburbs thereof, four cities.

²³Of the tribe of Dan also, Eltheco and Gabathon,

²⁴& Aialon and Gethremmon, with the suburbs thereof, four cities.

²⁵Moreover of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities.

²⁶All the cities ten, and their suburbs, were given to the children of Caath of the inferior degree.

²⁷To the children of Gerson also of the Levitical stock he gave of the half tribe of Manasses the cities of refuge, Gaulon in Basan, and Bosram, with their suburbs, two cities.

²⁸Moreover of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth,

²⁹and Iaramoth, & Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities.

³⁰And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon,

³¹and Helcath, & Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities.

³²Of the tribe also of Nephthali the cities of refuge, Cedes in Galilee: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, three cities.

³³All the cities of the families of Gerson, thirteen, with their suburbs.

³⁴And to the children of Merari Levites of the inferior degree by their families was given of the tribe of Zabulon, Iecnam and Cartha

³⁵and Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs.

³⁶Of the tribe of Ruben beyond Jordan against Jericho the cities of refuge, Bosor in the wilderness, Misor and Jaser and Iethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs.

³⁷Of the tribe of Gad the cities of refuge, Ramoth in Galaad, and Manaim & Hesebon & Jaser, four cities with their suburbs.

³⁸All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, twelve.

³⁹Therefore all the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty eight,

⁴⁰with their suburbs, every one distributed by the families.

⁴¹And our Lord God gave to Israel all the Land, that he had sworn he would give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.

⁴²And peace was given by him on all nations round about: and none of their enemies durst resist them, but all were brought into their dominion.

⁴³Not so much certes as one word, which he had promised, that he would perform unto them, was frustrate, but all things were accomplished in deeds.