| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then the heads of households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of households of the tribes of the sons of Israel. | 1The Levite family heads approached the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads of the Israelite tribes. |
| 2They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle." | 2At Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, they told them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock." |
| 3So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the command of the LORD. | 3So the Israelites, by the LORD's command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance. |
| 4Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin. | 4The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of the priest Aaron received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. |
| 5The rest of the sons of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh. | 5The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh. |
| 6The sons of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. | 6Gershon's descendants received thirteen cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. |
| 7The sons of Merari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun. | 7Merari's descendants received twelve cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. |
| 8Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. | 8The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. |
| 9They gave these cities which are here mentioned by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon; | 9The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeon |
| 10and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, for the lot was theirs first. | 10to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot. |
| 11Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands. | 11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron; Arba was the father of Anak) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. |
| 12But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession. | 12But they gave the fields and settlements of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession. |
| 13So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands, | 13They gave to the descendants of the priest Aaron: Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands, |
| 14and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, | 14Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, |
| 15and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands, | 15Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, |
| 16and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes. | 16Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands--nine cities from these two tribes. |
| 17From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, | 17From the tribe of Benjamin they gave: Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, |
| 18Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities. | 18Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 19All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. | 19All thirteen cities with their pasturelands were for the priests, the descendants of Aaron. |
| 20Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath. | 20The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath's descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim. |
| 21They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands, | 21The Israelites gave them: Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, |
| 22and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities. | 22Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 23From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, | 23From the tribe of Dan they gave: Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands, |
| 24Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities. | 24Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 25From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities. | 25From half the tribe of Manasseh they gave: Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands--two cities. |
| 26All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten. | 26All ten cities with their pasturelands were for the clans of Kohath's other descendants. |
| 27To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities. | 27From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon, who were one of the Levite clans: Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands--two cities. |
| 28From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, | 28From the tribe of Issachar they gave: Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, |
| 29Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities. | 29Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 30From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, | 30From the tribe of Asher they gave: Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, |
| 31Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities. | 31Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 32From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. | 32From the tribe of Naphtali they gave: Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands--three cities. |
| 33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. | 33All thirteen cities with their pasturelands were for the Gershonites by their clans. |
| 34To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands. | 34From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari, who were the remaining Levites: Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands, |
| 35Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities. | 35Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 36From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands, | 36From the tribe of Reuben they gave: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, |
| 37Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities. | 37Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands--four cities. |
| 38From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands, | 38From the tribe of Gad they gave: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, |
| 39Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all. | 39Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands--four cities in all. |
| 40All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. | 40All twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari's descendants, the remaining Levite clans. |
| 41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands. | 41Within the Israelite possession there were forty-eight cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites. |
| 42These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus it was with all these cities. | 42Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities. |
| 43So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it. | 43So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there. |
| 44And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand. | 44The LORD gave them rest on every side according to all he had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies were able to stand against them, for the LORD handed over all their enemies to them. |
| 45Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass. | 45None of the good promises the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled. |
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