Towns Are Given to the Levites
1The leaders of the Levite family groups approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun. They also approached the leaders of the family groups of Israel’s other tribes. 2They went to all of them at Shiloh in Canaan. They said to them, “Give us towns to live in. Also give us grasslands for our livestock. That’s what the Lord commanded through Moses.”
3So the Israelites gave the Levites towns and grasslands out of their own shares of land. They did what the Lord had commanded. Here are the towns the Levites were given.
4The first lot drawn out was for the people of Kohath, according to their family groups. Some of the Levites came from the family line of Aaron the priest. They were given 13 towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.
5The rest of Kohath’s family groups were given ten towns. Those towns were from the family groups of the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
6The family groups of Gershon were given 13 towns. Those towns were from the family groups of the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali and half of the tribe of Manasseh. That part of Manasseh was in the land of Bashan.
7The family groups of Merari received 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun. Each family group received its share.
8So the Israelites gave those towns and their grasslands to the Levites. They did what the Lord had commanded through Moses.
9Some towns were given from the territories of the tribes of Judah and Simeon. 10The Israelites gave them to the members of the family line of Aaron. The towns were given to the family groups of Kohath. They were Levites. The first lot drawn out was for them. Here are the towns the family groups of Kohath were given.
11The Israelites gave them Kiriath Arba and the grasslands around it. Kiriath Arba is also called Hebron. It’s in the hill country of Judah. Anak came from the family line of Arba. 12But Israel had already given away the fields and villages around the city. They had given them to Caleb as his share. Caleb was the son of Jephunneh. 13So they gave Hebron to the members of the family line of Aaron the priest. Hebron was a city where anyone charged with murder could go for safety. They also gave them Libnah, 14Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15Holon, Debir, 16Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh. They gave those towns and their grasslands to the family groups of Kohath. The total number of towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon came to nine.
17The Israelites gave some towns from the tribe of Benjamin to the family groups of Kohath.
The towns were Gibeon, Geba, 18Anathoth and Almon. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.
19So the total number of towns and their grasslands given to the priests in Aaron’s family line came to 13.
20There were other family groups of Kohath among the Levites. They were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim. Here are the towns those other family groups of Kohath were given.
21In the hill country of Ephraim they were given
Shechem. It was a city where anyone charged with murder could go for safety. They were also given Gezer, 22Kibzaim and Beth Horon. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.
23From the tribe of Dan they received
Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 24Aijalon and Gath Rimmon. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.
25From half of the tribe of Manasseh they received
Taanach and Gath Rimmon. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to two.
26So all these ten towns and their grasslands were given to the other family groups of Kohath.
27Here are the towns given to the family groups of Gershon among the Levites.
From half of the tribe of Manasseh they received
Golan in the land of Bashan. Golan was a city where anyone charged with murder could go for safety. They also received Be Eshterah. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to two.
28From the tribe of Issachar they received
Kishion, Daberath, 29Jarmuth and En Gannim. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.
30From the tribe of Asher they received
Mishal, Abdon, 31Helkath and Rehob. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.
32From the tribe of Naphtali they received
Kedesh in Galilee. Kedesh was a city where anyone charged with murder could go for safety. They also received Hammoth Dor and Kartan. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to three.
33So the total number of towns and their grasslands given to the family groups of Gershon came to 13.
34The rest of the Levites were from the family groups of Merari. Here are the towns they were given.
From the tribe of Zebulun they received
Jokneam, Kartah, 35Dimnah and Nahalal. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.
36From the tribe of Reuben they received
Bezer, Jahaz, 37Kedemoth and Mephaath. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.
38From the tribe of Gad they received
Ramoth in Gilead. Ramoth was a city where anyone charged with murder could go for safety. They also received Mahanaim, 39Heshbon and Jazer. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.
40So the total number of towns given to the family groups of Merari came to 12. That concludes the list of towns the rest of the Levites received.
41The total number of Levite towns and their grasslands in the territory given to Israel came to 48. 42Each of those towns had grasslands around it. That was true of all of them.
43So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And Israel took it over. Then they made their homes there. 44The Lord gave them peace and rest on every side. He had promised their people of long ago that he would do that. Not one of Israel’s enemies was able to fight against them and win. The Lord handed all their enemies over to them. 45The Lord kept all the good promises he had made to the Israelites. Every one of them came true.
Leviternas städer
(1 Krön 6:54-80)
1Sedan kom ledarna för Levis stam till prästen Elasar och Josua samt de övriga ledarna i Israel. 2De talade till dem i Shilo i Kanaan: ”Herren befallde genom Mose att vi leviter skulle få städer att bo i och betesmark för vår boskap.”
3Då gav israeliterna i enlighet med Herrens befallning leviterna några av de städer man nyligen intagit och de betesmarker som hörde till dem.
4Lotten föll först på Kehats släkter. Bland leviterna fick ättlingarna till prästen Aron tretton städer från Judas, Simons och Benjamins stam. 5De övriga familjerna bland Kehats släkter fick tio städer från de områden som tillhörde Efraims, Dans och halva Manasses stammar. 6Gershons släkter fick genom lottkastning tretton städer från Isaskars, Ashers och Naftalis stammar och Manasses halva stam i Bashan. 7Meraris släkter fick tolv städer från Ruben, Gad och Sebulon. 8Dessa städer med betesmarker gav israeliterna genom lottkastning till leviterna, så som Herren hade befallt genom Mose.
9Från Judas och Simons stammar gav man nio städer som uppräknas nedan. 10Dessa städer gavs åt Arons ättlingar som tillhörde Kehats släkter bland leviterna, för lotten föll på dem först.
11De fick Kirjat-Arba, dvs. Hebron (Arba var anakiternas stamfar), i Juda bergsbygd med kringliggande betesmarker. 12Men fälten kring staden och de tillhörande byarna gavs åt Kalev, Jefunnes son. 13De gav prästen Arons ättlingar Hebron, en fristad för dråpare, med dess betesmarker, Livna med dess betesmarker, 14Jattir med dess betesmarker, Eshtemoa med dess betesmarker, 15Holon med dess betesmarker, Devir med dess betesmarker, 16Ajin, Jutta och Bet Shemesh med deras respektive betesmarker, allt som allt nio städer från dessa två stammar. 17Av Benjamins stam fick de Givon och Geva med respektive betesmarker, 18likaså Anatot och Almon med respektive betesmarker, alltså fyra städer.
19Sammanlagt gavs alltså tretton städer åt prästerna, Arons ättlingar.
20De övriga Kehats släkter av leviterna fick följande städer från Efraims stam genom lottning:
21De fick Shekem, som var en av fristäderna för dråpare, med betesmarker uppe i Efraims bergsbygd, Geser med betesmarker, 22Kivsajim och Bet Horon med deras respektive betesmarker, sammanlagt fyra städer. 23Av Dans stam fick de Elteke och Gibbeton med deras respektive betesmarker, 24samt Ajalon och Gat-Rimmon med deras respektive betesmarker, fyra städer. 25Av den ena halvan av Manasses stam fick leviterna städerna Tanak och Jivleam med respektive betesmarker, två städer.
26Sammanlagt fick resten av Kehats släkter tio städer med tillhörande betesmarker.
27Gershons släkter, en annan del av Levis stam, fick två städer med betesmarker av halva Manasses stam:
Golan i Bashan, en av fristäderna för dråpare, och Beestera, två städer,
28från Isaskars stam Kishjon och Daverat med deras respektive betesmarker, 29samt Jarmut och En-Gannim med deras respektive betesmarker, fyra städer,
30från Ashers stam Mishal och Avdon med deras respektive betesmarker, 31samt Helkat och Rechov med deras respektive betesmarker, fyra städer,
32och från Naftalis stam Kedesh i Galileen, som var en av fristäderna för dråpare, med dess betesmarker, likaså Hammot Dor och Karta med deras respektive betesmarker, tre städer.
33Tretton städer med tillhörande betesmarker tilldelades Gershons släkter.
34Resten av Levis stam, Meraris släkter, fick av Sebulons stam
Jokneam och Karta med deras respektive betesmarker, 35samt Dimna och Nahalal med deras respektive betesmarker, fyra städer.
36Från Rubens stam fick de Beser och Jahas med deras respektive betesmarker, 37likaså Kedemot och Mefaat med deras respektive betesmarker.
38Från Gads stam fick de Ramot, en av fristäderna för dråpare, och Machanajim, båda med sina betesmarker, 39samt Heshbon och Jaser med deras respektive betesmarker, sammanlagt fyra städer.
40Meraris släkter bland leviterna fick alltså sammanlagt tolv städer.
41Allt som allt fick leviterna fyrtioåtta städer med tillhörande betesmarker. 42Runt omkring var och en av dessa städer fanns betesmarker som tillhörde dem.
Fred i hela landet
43På så sätt gav Herren Israel hela det land han med ed hade lovat deras förfäder och de drog in i det och bosatte sig där. 44Herren gav dem fred på alla sidor, så som han med ed hade lovat deras förfäder och ingen av deras fiender kunde stå emot dem. Herren gav dem alla i deras våld. 45Ingenting av allt det goda Herren hade lovat israeliterna uteblev, utan allting gick i uppfyllelse.
