Joshua 21 – NIV & CCBT

New International Version

Joshua 21:1-45

Towns for the Levites

1Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel 2at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.” 3So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

4The first lot came out for the Kohathites, according to their clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin. 5The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.

6The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

7The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

8So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

9From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name 10(these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

11They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) 12But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

13So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah, 14Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15Holon, Debir, 16Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

17And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them: Gibeon, Geba, 18Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

19The total number of towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

20The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

21In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer, 22Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

23Also from the tribe of Dan they received: Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 24Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

25From half the tribe of Manasseh they received: Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—two towns.

26All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

27The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:

from the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

28from the tribe of Issachar,

Kishion, Daberath, 29Jarmuth and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

30from the tribe of Asher,

Mishal, Abdon, 31Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

32from the tribe of Naphtali,

Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns.

33The total number of towns of the Gershonite clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

34The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:

from the tribe of Zebulun,

Jokneam, Kartah, 35Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

36from the tribe of Reuben,

Bezer, Jahaz, 37Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

38from the tribe of Gad,

Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim, 39Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.

40The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.

41The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands. 42Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

43So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there. 44The Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the Lord gave all their enemies into their hands. 45Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

約書亞記 21:1-45

分給利未人的城邑

1-2利未人的眾族長到迦南示羅見祭司以利亞撒的兒子約書亞以色列各支派的首領,說:「耶和華藉著摩西曾吩咐你們把一些城邑分給我們住,讓我們可以在城郊牧養牲畜。」 3以色列人便按照耶和華的吩咐,從他們的產業中把以下的城邑及城郊分給了利未人。

4利未哥轄宗族中大祭司亞倫的子孫從猶大西緬便雅憫支派的產業中抽籤得了十三座城。 5哥轄宗族中其他的人也從以法蓮瑪拿西半個支派的產業中抽籤得了十座城。 6革順的子孫從以薩迦亞設拿弗他利和在巴珊瑪拿西半個支派的產業中抽籤得了十三座城。 7米拉利的子孫按宗族從呂便迦得西布倫支派的產業中抽籤得了十二座城。

8以色列人照耶和華對摩西的吩咐,把這些城邑及其草場用抽籤的方式分給利未人。

9-10利未支派哥轄宗族中亞倫的子孫得到第一籤,以下是從猶大西緬兩支派的產業中抽出來分給他們的土地: 11猶大山區的基列·亞巴及其草場,亞巴原是亞衲人的祖先,基列·亞巴就是希伯崙12而城周圍的田地和鄉村已經分給耶孚尼的兒子迦勒作產業。

13以色列人把避難城希伯崙分給祭司亞倫的子孫,並把立拿14雅提珥以實提莫15何崙底璧16亞因淤他伯·示麥共九座城及其草場分給了他們。這都是從猶大西緬兩支派分出來的。 17便雅憫支派的產業中分給他們的城有:基遍迦巴18亞拿突亞勒們四座城及其草場。 19亞倫的子孫中做祭司的共分到十三座城邑及其草場。

20利未哥轄宗族其他的子孫從以法蓮支派的產業中分到的城邑有: 21以法蓮山區的避難城示劍基色22基伯先伯·和崙共四座城及其草場。 23支派的產業中分給他們的城邑有:伊利提基基比頓24亞雅崙迦特·臨門四座城及其草場。 25他們從瑪拿西半個支派的產業中分到他納迦特·臨門兩座城及其草場。 26以上是哥轄其他的子孫所分到的十座城及其草場。

27以色列人分給利未支派中革順子孫的城邑有:瑪拿西半個支派中巴珊哥蘭避難城和比·施提拉及其草場,共兩座城; 28以薩迦支派的基善大比拉29耶末隱·干寧四座城及其草場; 30亞設支派的米沙勒押頓31黑甲利合四座城及其草場; 32拿弗他利支派的哈末·多珥加珥坦加利利的避難城基低斯三座城及其草場。 33革順人按宗族共分到十三座城邑及其草場。 34其餘的利未人,就是米拉利的子孫所分到的城邑有:西布倫支派的約念加珥他35丁拿拿哈拉四座城及其草場; 36呂便支派的比悉雅雜37基底莫米法押四座城及其草場; 38迦得支派的瑪哈念基列的避難城拉末39希實本雅謝四座城及其草場。 40利未人中米拉利的子孫按宗族所分到的城邑共有十二座。

41利未人從以色列各支派共分到四十八座城及其草場, 42這些城周圍都有草場,城城如此。

43這樣,耶和華把從前起誓賜給以色列人祖先的整個地區都賜給了以色列人,以色列人都分到土地,住了下來。 44耶和華照著給他們祖先的應許,使他們四境安寧,沒有仇敵能抵擋他們。耶和華將所有仇敵都交在了他們手中。 45耶和華給以色列人的美好應許沒有一句落空,全部實現了。