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.
شهرهای قبيلهٔ لاوی
(اعداد 35:1-8)
1-2بزرگان قبيلهٔ لاوی به شيلوه آمدند و به العازار كاهن، يوشع و بقيهٔ رهبران قبايل گفتند: «خداوند به موسی فرمود كه شهرهايی برای سكونت و چراگاههايی برای گلهها به قبيلهٔ ما داده شود.» 3پس بنیاسرائيل طبق فرمان خداوند از ملک خود شهرهايی با چراگاههای اطرافشان به قبيلهٔ لاوی دادند.
4خاندان قهات نخستين گروه از قبيلهٔ لاوی بودند كه قرعه به نامشان درآمد. به آن دسته از قهاتیها كه از نسل هارون و كاهن بودند، سيزده شهر از شهرهای قبايل يهودا، شمعون و بنيامين داده شد. 5به بقيهٔ خاندان قهات، ده شهر از شهرهای افرايم، دان و نصف قبيلهٔ منسی داده شد. 6به خاندان جرشون، سيزده شهر از شهرهای قبايل يساكار، اشير، نفتالی و نصف قبيلهٔ منسی كه در باشان قرار داشت، داده شد. 7به خاندان مراری، دوازده شهر از شهرهای قبايل رئوبين، جاد و زبولون داده شد. 8به اين طريق آنچه كه خداوند به موسی فرموده بود، انجام پذيرفت و شهرها و چراگاهها برای قبيلهٔ لاوی به حكم قرعه تعيين گرديد.
9-10اين است اسامی شهرهايی كه از ملک قبايل يهودا و شمعون به نسل هارون كه از طايفهٔ قهات (پسر لاوی) بودند، داده شد (طايفهٔ قهات نخستين گروهی بودند كه قرعه به نامشان درآمد): 11شهر حبرون كه همان قريهٔ اربع باشد (اربع پدر عناق بود) در كوهستان يهودا با چراگاههای اطرافش به ايشان تعلق گرفت. 12(مزارع و روستاهای اطراف آن، قبلاً به كاليب پسر يفنه داده شده بود.) 13علاوه بر شهر حبرون كه از شهرهای پناهگاه بود، اين شهرها نيز به نسل هارون كه كاهن بودند داده شد: لبنه، 14يتير، اشتموع، 15حولون، دبير، 16عين، يوطه و بيتشمس، جمعاً نه شهر با چراگاههای اطراف از قبيلهٔ يهودا و شمعون. 17-18از ملک قبيلهٔ بنيامين، اين چهار شهر با چراگاههای اطراف داده شد: جبعون، جبع، عناتوت و علمون. 19پس جمعاً سيزده شهر با چراگاههای اطراف، به نسل هارون كه كاهن بودند تعلق گرفت.
20-22از طرف قبيلهٔ افرايم، چهار شهر و چراگاههای اطراف آنها به بقيهٔ خاندان قهات داده شد. اين شهرها عبارت بودند از: شكيم (يكی از شهرهای پناهگاه كه در كوهستان افرايم واقع بود)، جازر، قبصايم و بيتحورون.
23-24از طرف قبيلهٔ دان چهار شهر با چراگاههای اطراف آنها به ايشان بخشيده شد. اين شهرها عبارت بودند از: التقی، جِبَتون، اَيَلون و جترمون.
25نصف قبيلهٔ منسی، شهرهای تعنک، جترمون و چراگاههای اطراف آنها را به ايشان بخشيد. 26به اين ترتيب، جمعاً ده شهر با چراگاههای اطراف آنها به باقيماندهٔ خاندان قهات داده شد.
27به خاندان جرشون نيز كه يكی ديگر از گروههای قبيله لاوی بود اين شهرها داده شد: از طرف نصف قبيلهٔ منسی، جولان در باشان (يكی از شهرهای پناهگاه) و بَعَشتره، جمعاً دو شهر با چراگاههای اطراف. 28از طرف قبيلهٔ يساكار؛ شهرهای قشيون، دابره، 29يرموت و عينجنيم، جمعاً چهار شهر با چراگاههای اطراف. 30از قبيلهٔ اشير؛ شهرهای مشآل، عبدون، 31حلقات و رحوب، جمعاً چهار شهر با چراگاههای اطراف. 32از قبيلهٔ نفتالی؛ شهرهای قادش در جليل (يكی از شهرهای پناهگاه)، حموت دُر و قرتان، جمعاً سه شهر با چراگاههای اطراف.
33پس جمعاً سيزده شهر با چراگاههای اطراف آنها به خاندان جرشون داده شد.
34به بقيهٔ قبيله لاوی كه خاندان مراری را تشكيل میدادند، اين شهرها داده شد: از قبيلهٔ زبولون؛ شهرهای يُقنعام، قَرته، 35دمنه و نحلال، جمعاً چهار شهر با چراگاههای اطراف. 36از قبيلهٔ رئوبين؛ شهرهای باصر، يهصه، 37قديموت و ميفعت، جمعاً چهار شهر با چراگاههای اطراف. 38از قبيلهٔ جاد؛ شهرهای راموت در جلعاد (يكی از شهرهای پناهگاه)، محنايم، 39حشبون و يعزير، جمعاً چهار شهر با چراگاههای اطراف.
40رویهمرفته دوازده شهر به حكم قرعه به خاندان مراری كه بقيهٔ قبيله لاوی را تشكيل میدادند، داده شد.
41-42بدين ترتيب از سرزمينی كه متعلق به بنیاسرائيل بود چهل و هشت شهر با چراگاههای اطراف آنها به قبيلهٔ لاوی داده شد.
بنیاسرائيل سرزمين موعود را تسخير میكند
43پس خداوند، تمام سرزمينی را كه به اجداد قوم اسرائيل وعده فرموده بود به بنیاسرائيل بخشيد و ايشان آن را تصرف نموده، در آن ساكن شدند. 44خداوند چنانكه به اجداد آنها وعده داده بود در سرزمين اسرائيل صلح برقرار نمود و كسی را يارای مقاومت با آنها نبود. خداوند ايشان را ياری نمود تا دشمنان خود را نابود كنند. 45او به تمام وعدههای نيكويی كه به قوم اسرائيل داده بود وفا كرد.
