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.
分给利未人的城邑
1-2利未人的众族长到迦南的示罗见祭司以利亚撒、嫩的儿子约书亚和以色列各支派的首领，说：“耶和华借着摩西曾吩咐你们把一些城邑分给我们住，并把城郊的草场给我们牧养牲畜。” 3以色列人便按照耶和华的吩咐，从他们的产业中把以下的城邑及其草场分给了利未人。
4首先哥辖宗族抽了签。利未人哥辖宗族中大祭司亚伦的子孙从犹大、西缅和便雅悯支派的产业中，抽签得了十三座城。 5哥辖宗族中其他人也从以法莲、但和玛拿西半个支派的产业中，抽签得了十座城。 6革顺的子孙从以萨迦、亚设、拿弗他利和在巴珊的玛拿西半个支派的产业中，抽签得了十三座城。 7米拉利的子孙按宗族从吕便、迦得和西布伦支派的产业中，抽签得了十二座城。
8以色列人照耶和华对摩西的吩咐，把这些城邑及其草场用抽签的方式分给利未人。
9-10因为利未支派哥辖宗族中亚伦的子孙抽到第一签，以色列人就从犹大和西缅两支派的产业中点名划出以下城邑分给他们： 11犹大山区的基列·亚巴及其草场，亚巴原是亚衲人的祖先，基列·亚巴就是希伯仑。 12而城周围的田地和乡村已经分给耶孚尼的儿子迦勒作产业。
13以色列人把避难城希伯仑分给祭司亚伦的子孙，并把立拿、 14雅提珥、以实提莫、 15何仑、底璧、 16亚因、淤他、伯·示麦共九座城及其草场分给了他们。这都是从犹大和西缅两支派分出来的。 17从便雅悯支派的产业中分给他们的城有：基遍、迦巴、 18亚拿突、亚勒们四座城及其草场。 19做祭司的亚伦子孙共分到十三座城邑及其草场。
20利未人哥辖宗族其他子孙从以法莲支派的产业中抽签分到的城邑有： 21以法莲山区的避难城示剑、基色、 22基伯先和伯·和仑共四座城及其草场。 23从但支派的产业中分给他们的城邑有：伊利提基、基比顿、 24亚雅仑和迦特·临门四座城及其草场。 25他们从玛拿西半个支派的产业中分到他纳和迦特·临门两座城及其草场。 26以上是哥辖其他子孙所分到的十座城及其草场。
27以色列人分给利未支派中革顺子孙的城邑有：玛拿西半个支派中巴珊的哥兰避难城和比·施提拉两座城及其草场； 28以萨迦支派的基善、大比拉、 29耶末、隐·干宁四座城及其草场； 30亚设支派的米沙勒、押顿、 31黑甲、利合四座城及其草场； 32拿弗他利支派的哈末·多珥、加珥坦和加利利的避难城基低斯三座城及其草场。 33革顺人按宗族共分到十三座城邑及其草场。 34其余的利未人，就是米拉利的子孙所分到的城邑有：西布伦支派的约念、加珥他、 35丁拿、拿哈拉四座城及其草场； 36吕便支派的比悉、雅杂、 37基底莫、米法押四座城及其草场； 38迦得支派的玛哈念、基列的避难城拉末、 39希实本、雅谢四座城及其草场。 40利未人中米拉利的子孙按宗族所分到的城邑共有十二座。
41利未人从以色列各支派共分到四十八座城及其草场， 42这些城周围都有草场，城城如此。
43这样，耶和华把从前起誓要赐给以色列人祖先的整个地区，都赐给了以色列人，以色列人都分到土地，住了下来。 44耶和华照着给他们祖先的应许，使他们四境安宁，没有仇敌能抵挡他们。耶和华将所有仇敌都交在了他们手中。 45耶和华给以色列人的美好应许没有一句落空，全部实现了。
