Josua 21

² og talte således til dem i Silo i Kana'ans Land: "HERREN bød ved Moses, at der skulde gives os nogle Byer at bo i med tilhørende Græsmarker til vort Kvæg."

² They 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.”

⁴ Loddet faldt først for Kehatiternes Slægter, således at Præsten Arons Sønner blandt Leviterne ved Lodkastningen fik tretten Byer af Judas, Simeoniternes og Benjamins Stammer,

⁴ Then 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.

⁶ Gersoniterne fik ved Lodkastningen efter deres Slægter tretten Byer af Issakars, Asers og Naftalis Stammer og Manasses halve Stamme i Basan.

⁶ The 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.

⁸ Og Israeliterne afgav ved Lodkastning følgende Byer med Græsmarker til Leviterne, således som HERREN havde påbudt ved Moses.

⁸ Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

¹⁰ Arons Sønner, der hørte til Kehatiternes Slægter blandt Levis Sønner - thi for dem faldt Loddet først - fik følgende:

¹⁰ and 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.

¹² men Byens Mark og Landsbyer gav man Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, i Eje.

¹² But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

¹⁴ Jattir med omliggende Græsmarker, Esjtemoa med omliggende Græsmarker,

¹⁴ and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

¹⁶ Asjan med omliggende Græsmarker, Jutta med omliggende Græsmarker og Bet-Sjemesj med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen ni Byer af de to Stammer;

¹⁶ and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.

¹⁸ Anatot med omliggende Græsmarker og Alemet med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer.

¹⁸ Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.

²⁰ Kehatiternes Slægter af Leviterne, de øvrige Kehatiter, fik de Byer af Efraims Stamme, som tildeltes dem ved Lodkastning.

²⁰ Then 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.

²² Kibzajim med omliggende Græsmarker og Bet-Horon med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;

²² and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.

²⁴ Ajjalon med omliggende Græsmarker og Gat-Rimmon med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen fire Byer;

²⁴ Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.

²⁶ i alt ti Byer med omliggende Græsmarker tilfaldt de øvrige Kehatiters Slægter.

²⁶ All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten.

²⁸ og af Issakars Stamme Kisjjon med omliggende Græsmarker, Daberat med omliggende Græsmarker,

²⁸ From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

³⁰ og af Asers Stamme Misj'al med omliggende Græsmarker, Abdon med omliggende Græsmarker,

³⁰ From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

³² og af Naftalis Stamme Bedesj i Galilæa, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker, Hammot-Dor med omliggende Græsmarker og Hartan med omliggende Græsmarker; tilsammen tre Byer;

³² From 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.

³⁴ De øvrige Leviter, Merariternes Slægter, fik af Zebulons Stamme Jokneam med omliggende Græsmarker, Karta med omliggende Græsmarker,

³⁴ To 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.

³⁶ og hinsides Jordan over for Jeriko af Rubens Stamme Bezer i Ørkenen på Højsletten, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker, Jaza med omliggende Græsmarker.

³⁶ From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,

³⁸ og af Gads Stamme Ramot i Gilead, en af Tilflugtsbyerne for Manddrabere, med omliggende Græsmarker, Mahanajim med omliggende Græsmarker,

³⁸ From 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,

⁴⁰ Byerne, der ved Lodkastningen tilfaldt de øvrige Levitslægter, Merariterne efter deres Slægter, udgjorde i alt tolv.

⁴⁰ All 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.

⁴² Disse Byer skulde hver for sig have de omliggende Græsmarker med; det gjaldt for alle disse Byer.

⁴² These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus it was with all these cities.

⁴⁴ Og HERREN gav dem Ro rundt om, ganske som han havde tilsvoret deres Fædre, og ingen iblandt deres Fjender kunde holde Stand over for dem; alle deres Fjender gav HERREN i deres Hånd.

⁴⁴ And 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.