1 Then the chief fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs.
4 And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the children of Kohath that remained had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The children of Merari according to their families had by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which were mentioned by name,
10 and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);
11 and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, {which Arba was} the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.
12 But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,
14 and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
15 and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
16 and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, {and} Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;
17 and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
18 Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
20 And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, {they gave cities}. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,
21 and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
22 and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities;
23 and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
24 Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;
25 and out of half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities.
26 All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of half the tribe of Manasseh, {they gave} the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs: two cities;
28 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs, Dabrath and its suburbs,
29 Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-gannim and its suburbs: four cities;
30 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
31 Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;
32 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
34 And to the families of the children of Merari, that remained of the Levites, {they gave} out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,
35 Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;
36 and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
37 Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;
38 and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.
40 {These were} all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.
42 Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.
43 And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they took possession of it, and dwelt in it.
44 And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them: Jehovah gave all their enemies into their hand.
45 There failed nothing of all the good things that Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel: all came to pass.
1 Dann kamen die Sippenoberhäupter des Stammes Levi zum Priester Eleasar, zu Josua Ben-Nun und den Oberhäuptern der Stämme Israels.
2 Das war in Schilo im Land Kanaan. Sie sagten: "Jahwe hat durch Mose befohlen, dass wir Städte bekommen sollen, in denen wir wohnen können und wo wir Weideland für unser Vieh haben."
3 Da traten ihnen die Israeliten von ihrem Erbbesitz bestimmte Städte mit ihrem Weideland ab.
4 Als das Los für die Sippen der Kehatiter fiel, erhielten die Nachkommen Aarons unter den Leviten von den Stämmen Juda, Simeon und Benjamin durch das Los 13 Städte.
5 Die übrigen Nachkommen Kehats erhielten von den Stämmen Efraďm, Dan und dem halben Stamm Manasse durch das Los zehn Städte.
6 Die Sippe Gerschon bekam 13 Städte von den Sippen der Stämme Issachar, Ascher, Naftali und Ost-Manasse in Baschan.
7 Die Sippe Merari erhielt von den Stämmen Ruben, Gad und Sebulon zwölf Städte.
8 Diese Städte mit ihrem Weideland teilten die Israeliten den Leviten zu, wie Jahwe es durch Mose angeordnet hatte und es das Los nun bestimmte.
9 Die Stämme Juda und Simeon gaben folgende namentlich aufgezählte Städte
10 an die Nachkommen Aarons, die Leviten aus der Sippe Kehat, ab, denn diese bekamen das erste Los.
11 Sie erhielten die Stadt des Arba, des Stammvaters der Anakiter, das heutige Hebron, im Gebirge Juda samt seinen Weideplätzen.
12 Das Ackerland der Stadt und die Dörfer der Umgebung hatten die Israeliten ja schon Kaleb Ben-Jefunne als Erbbesitz gegeben.
13 Gleichzeitig diente Hebron als Asylstadt für Totschläger. Die Kehatiter erhielten also folgende Städte mit ihren Weideplätzen: Hebron, Libna,
14 Jattir, Eschtemoa,
15 Holon, Debir,
16 Ajin, Jutta, Bet-Schemesch. Das waren neun Städte von diesen beiden Stämmen.
17 Dazu vom Stamm Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba,
18 Anatot, und Almon - vier Städte.
19 Damit besaß das Priestergeschlecht Aarons 13 Städte mit Weideland.
20 Die übrigen Familien der Sippe Kehat aus dem Stamm Levi erhielten einige Städte aus dem Stamm Efraďm durch Los zugesprochen:
21 Sichem auf dem Gebirge Efraďm, das zugleich Asylstadt für Totschläger war, Geser,
22 Kibzajim und Bet-Horon - vier Städte.
23 Vom Stamm Dan erhielten sie Elteke, Gibbeton,
24 Ajalon und Gat-Rimmon - vier Städte.
25 Und von West-Manasse erhielten sie zwei Städte: Taanach und Gat-Rimmon.
26 Das waren insgesamt zehn Städte mit Weideland für die restlichen Familien der Sippe Kehat.
27 Die Nachkommen Gerschons aus dem Stamm Levi erhielten zwei Städte mit Weideplätzen in Ost-Manasse: Golan, die Asylstadt für Totschläger in Baschan, und Beëschtera.
28 Vom Stamm Issachar bekamen sie Kischjon, Daberat,
29 Jarmut und En-Gannim - vier Städte.
30 Vom Stamm Ascher: Mischal, Abdon,
31 Helkat und Rehob - vier Städte.
32 Vom Stamm Naftali: Kedesch in Galiläa, die Asylstadt für Totschläger, Hammot-Dor und Kartan - drei Städte.
33 Das waren insgesamt 13 Städte mit Weideland für die Familien der Sippe Gerschon.
34 Die Nachkommen Meraris, zu denen alle übrigen Leviten gehörten, erhielten vom Stamm Sebulon Jokneam, Karta,
35 Dimna und Nahalal - vier Städte.
36 Vom Stamm Ruben: Bezer, Jahaz,
37 Kedemot und Mefaat - vier Städte.
38 Vom Stamm Gad: Ramot in Gilead, die Asylstadt für Totschläger, Mahanajim,
39 Heschbon und Jaser - vier Städte.
40 Das Los der Sippe Merari aus dem Stamm Levi umfasste insgesamt zwölf Städte mit Weideland.
41 Alle Leviten erhielten zusammen 48 Städte im Stammesgebiet Israels mit Weideland.
42 Jede dieser Städte war von Weideland umgeben.
43 So gab Jahwe den Israeliten das ganze Land, das er ihren Vorfahren unter Eid versprochen hatte. Sie nahmen es in Besitz und siedelten sich darin an.
44 Außerdem verschaffte ihnen Jahwe an allen Grenzen Ruhe, wie er es ihren Vorfahren unter Eid zugesagt hatte. Kein Feind konnte vor ihnen bestehen. Er gab sie alle in ihre Gewalt.
45 So hatte Jahwe alle seine Zusagen erfüllt, keines seiner Versprechen an Israel war ausgeblieben. Alles traf ein.