Yehoshua, starting at chapter 19
{19:1} The second lot came out for Shim`on, even for the tribe of
the children of Shim`on according to their families: and their
inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of
Yehudah. {19:2} They had for their inheritance Be'er-Sheva, or Sheva,
and Moladah, {19:3} and Hatzar-Shu`al, and Balah, and `Etzem, {19:4}
and Eltolad, and Beitul, and Hormah, {19:5} and Tziklag, and
Beit-Markavot, and Hatzar-Susah, {19:6} and Beit-Leva'ot, and
Sharuchen; thirteen cities with their villages: {19:7} `Ayin, Rimmon,
and `Eter, and `Ashan; four cities with their villages: {19:8} and all
the villages that were round about these cities to Ba`alat-Be'er,
Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Shim`on according to their families. {19:9} Out of the
part of the children of Yehudah was the inheritance of the children of
Shim`on; for the portion of the children of Yehudah was too much for
them: therefore the children of Shim`on had inheritance in the midst
of their inheritance. {19:10} The third lot came up for the children
of Zevulun according to their families; and the border of their
inheritance was to Sarid; {19:11} and their border went up westward,
even to Mar`alah, and reached to Dabbeshet; and it reached to the
brook that is before Yokne`am; {19:12} and it turned from Sarid
eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Kislot-Tavor; and it went
out to Daverat, and went up to Yafia; {19:13} and from there it passed
along eastward to Gat-Hefer, to `Et-Katzin; and it went out at Rimmon
which stretches to Ne`ah; {19:14} and the border turned about it on
the north to Hannaton; and the goings out of it were at the valley of
Yiftach-El; {19:15} and Kattat, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and
Yid'alah, and Beit-Lechem: twelve cities with their villages. {19:16}
This is the inheritance of the children of Zevulun according to their
families, these cities with their villages. {19:17} The fourth lot
came out for Yissakhar, even for the children of Yissakhar according
to their families. {19:18} Their border was to Yizre`el, and Kesullot,
and Shunem, {19:19} and Hafarayim, and Shi'on, and Anacharat, {19:20}
and Rabbit, and Kishyon, and Evetz, {19:21} and Remet, and En-Gannim,
and `En-Haddah, and Beit-Patztzetz, {19:22} and the border reached to
Tavor, and Shachatzmah, and Beit-Shemesh; and the goings out of their
border were at the Yarden: sixteen cities with their villages. {19:23}
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Yissakhar
according to their families, the cities with their villages. {19:24}
The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families. {19:25} Their border was Helkat, and
Hali, and Beten, and Akhshaf, {19:26} and Allammelekh, and `Am`ad, and
Mish'al; and it reached to Karmel westward, and to Shichor-Livnat;
{19:27} and it turned toward the sunrise to Beit-Dagon, and reached to
Zevulun, and to the valley of Yiftach-El northward to Beit-Ha`emek and
Ne`i'el; and it went out to Kavul on the left hand, {19:28} and
`Evron, and Rechov, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Tzidon;
{19:29} and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of
Tzor; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out of it were at
the sea by the region of Akhziv; {19:30} `Ummah also, and Afek, and
Rechov: twenty-two cities with their villages. {19:31} This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their
families, these cities with their villages. {19:32} The sixth lot came
out for the children of Naftali, even for the children of Naftali
according to their families. {19:33} Their border was from Helef, from
the oak in Tza`anannim, and Adami-Nekev, and Yavne'el, to Lakkum; and
the goings out of it were at the Yarden; {19:34} and the border turned
westward to Aznot-Tavor, and went out from there to Hukok; and it
reached to Zevulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and
to Yehudah at the Yarden toward the sunrise. {19:35} The fortified
cities were Tziddim, Tzer, and Hammat, Rakkat, and Kinneret, {19:36}
and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hatzor, {19:37} and Kedesh, and Edre`i, and
`En-Hatzor, {19:38} Yir`on, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beit-`Anat, and
Beit-Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. {19:39} This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naftali according to their
families, the cities with their villages. {19:40} The seventh lot came
out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
{19:41} The border of their inheritance was Tzor`ah, and Eshta'ol, and
`Ir-Shamesh, {19:42} and Sha`alabbin, and Ayalon, and Yitlah, {19:43}
and Elon, and Timnata, and `Ekron, {19:44} and Eltekeh, and Gibbeton,
and Ba`alat, {19:45} and Yehud, and Bene-berak, and Gat-Rimmon,
{19:46} and Meyarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Yafo.
{19:47} The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for
the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it,
and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived
therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
{19:48} This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages. {19:49}
So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the
borders of it; and the children of Yisra'el gave an inheritance to
Yehoshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: {19:50} according to the
[1>]mitzvah[<1] of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked,
even Timnat-Serach in the hill-country of Efrayim; and he built the
city, and lived therein. {19:51} These are the inheritances, which
El`azar the [2>]Kohen[<2], and Yehoshua the son of Nun, and the heads
of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el,
distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the
door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
{20:1} The LORD spoke to Yehoshua, saying, {20:2} Speak to the
children of Yisra'el, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof
I spoke to you by Moshe, {20:3} that the manslayer who kills any
person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee there: and they shall be to
you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. {20:4} He shall flee to
one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of
the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the Zakenim of that
city; and they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a
place, that he may dwell among them. {20:5} If the avenger of blood
pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into
his hand; because he struck his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him
before. {20:6} He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
congregation for judgment, until the death of the [1>]Kohen Gadol[<1]
that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come
to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he
fled. {20:7} They set apart Kedesh in the Galil in the hill-country of
Naftali, and Shekhem in the hill-country of Efrayim, and Kiryat-Arba
(the same is Hevron) in the hill-country of Yehudah. {20:8} Beyond the
Yarden at Yericho eastward, they assigned Betzer in the wilderness in
the plain out of the tribe of Re'uven, and Ramot in Gil`ad out of the
tribe of Gad, and Galon in Bashan out of the tribe of Menashsheh.
{20:9} These were the appointed cities for all the children of
Yisra'el, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever
kills any person unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand
of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
{21:1} Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites
to El`azar the [1>]Kohen[<1], and to Yehoshua the son of Nun, and to
the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of
Yisra'el; {21:2} and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of
Kana`an, saying, the LORD commanded Moshe to give us cities to dwell
in, with the suburbs of it for our cattle. {21:3} The children of
Yisra'el gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to
the [2>]mitzvah[<2] of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.
{21:4} The lot came out for the families of the Kehati: and the
children of Aharon the [3>]Kohen[<3], who were of the Levites, had by
lot out of the tribe of Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the Shim`oni,
and out of the tribe of Binyamin, thirteen cities. {21:5} The rest of
the children of Kehat had by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Efrayim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of
Menashsheh, ten cities. {21:6} The children of Gershon had by lot out
of the families of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naftali, and out of the half-tribe of
Menashsheh in Bashan, thirteen cities. {21:7} The children of Merari
according to their families had out of the tribe of Re'uven, and out
of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities.
{21:8} The children of Yisra'el gave by lot to the Levites these
cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by Moshe. {21:9} They
gave out of the tribe of the children of Yehudah, and out of the tribe
of the children of Shim`on, these cities which are [here] mentioned by
name: {21:10} and they were for the children of Aharon, of the
families of the Kehati, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs
was the first lot. {21:11} They gave them Kiryat-Arba, [which Arba
was] the father of `Anak (the same is Hevron), in the hill-country of
Yehudah, with the suburbs of it round about it. {21:12} But the fields
of the city, and the villages of it, gave they to Kalev the son of
Yefunneh for his possession. {21:13} To the children of Aharon the
[4>]Kohen[<4] they gave Hevron with its suburbs, the city of refuge
for the manslayer, and Livna with its suburbs, {21:14} and Yattir with
its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, {21:15} and Holon with its
suburbs, and Devir with its suburbs, {21:16} and `Ayin with its
suburbs, and Yuttah with its suburbs, [and] Beit-Shemesh with its
suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. {21:17} Out of the tribe
of Binyamin, Giv`on with its suburbs, Geva with its suburbs, {21:18}
`Anatot with its suburbs, and `Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
{21:19} All the cities of the children of Aharon, the [5>]Kohanim[<5],
were thirteen cities with their suburbs. {21:20} The families of the
children of Kehat, the Levites, even the rest of the children of
Kehat, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Efrayim.
{21:21} They gave them Shekhem with its suburbs in the hill-country of
Efrayim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its
suburbs, {21:22} and Kivtza`im with its suburbs, and Beit-Horon with
its suburbs; four cities. {21:23} Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with
its suburbs, Gibbeton with its suburbs, {21:24} Ayalon with its
suburbs, Gat-Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities. {21:25} Out of the
half-tribe of Menashsheh, Ta`nakh with its suburbs, and Gat-Rimmon
with its suburbs; two cities. {21:26} All the cities of the families
of the rest of the children of Kehat were ten with their suburbs.
{21:27} To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,
out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh [they gave] Galon in Bashan with
its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be`eshterah
with its suburbs; two cities. {21:28} Out of the tribe of Yissakhar,
Kishyon with its suburbs, Daverat with its suburbs, {21:29} Yarmut
with its suburbs, `En-Gannim with its suburbs; four cities. {21:30}
Out of the tribe of Asher, Mish'al with its suburbs, `Avdon with its
suburbs, {21:31} Helkat with its suburbs, and Rechov with its suburbs;
four cities. {21:32} Out of the tribe of Naftali, Kedesh in the Galil
with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammot-dor
with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. {21:33}
All the cities of the Gershoni according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs. {21:34} To the families of the
children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of
Zevulun, Yokne`am with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,
{21:35} Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four
cities. {21:36} Out of the tribe of Re'uven, Betzer with its suburbs,
and Yahatz with its suburbs, {21:37} Kedemot with its suburbs, and
Mefa`at with its suburbs; four cities. {21:38} Out of the tribe of
Gad, Ramot in Gil`ad with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Machanayim with its suburbs, {21:39} Heshbon with its
suburbs, Ya`zer with its suburbs; four cities in all. {21:40} All
[these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their
families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot
was twelve cities. {21:41} All the cities of the Levites in the midst
of the possession of the children of Yisra'el were forty-eight cities
with their suburbs. {21:42} These cities were every one with their
suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities. {21:43}
So the LORD gave to Yisra'el all the land which he swore to give to
their fathers; and they possessed it, and lived therein. {21:44} The
LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to
their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before
them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. {21:45}
There failed not anything of any good thing which the LORD had spoken
to the house of Yisra'el; all came to pass.
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Footnotes:
[1] {19:50} commandment
[2] {19:51} priest
[1] {20:6} high priest
[1] {21:1} priest
[2] {21:3} commandment
[3] {21:4} priest
[4] {21:13} priest
[5] {21:19} priests
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