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Joshua

Chapter 21

{Rest of Book are Series of Messages Joshua Gave in the Sun Set Years of His Life}
1~~Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites
unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun,
and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel;

2 And they spoke unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,
"Jehovah/God commanded by the hand of Moses
to give us cities to dwell in,
with the suburbs thereof for our cattle."

3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Jehovah/God,
these cities and their suburbs.

4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites
and the children of Aaron the priest,
who were of the Levites,
had by lot out of the tribe of Judah,
and out of the tribe of Simeon,
and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

5 And the rest of the children of Kohath 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 by their families had
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 unto the Levites
these cities with their suburbs,
as Jehovah/God commanded by the hand of 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 are here mentioned by name, 10
which the children of Aaron,
being of the families of the Kohathites,
who were of the children of Levi, had . . .
for theirs was the first lot.

11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak,
which city is Hebron,
in the hill country of Judah,
with the suburbs thereof round about it.

12 But the fields of the city,
and the villages thereof,
gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

13-16 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest
Hebron with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Libnah with her suburbs, 14
and Jattir with her suburbs,
and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 15
and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, 16
And Ain with her suburbs,
and Juttah with her suburbs,
and Bethshemesh with her suburbs;
nine cities out of those two tribes.

17-18 And out of the tribe of Benjamin,
Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, 18
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests,
were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

20 And the families of the children of Kohath,
the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath,
even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

21-22 For they gave them
Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Gezer with her suburbs, 22
and Kibzaim with her suburbs,
and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.

23-24 And out of the tribe of Dan,
Eltekeh with her suburbs,
Gibbethon with her suburbs, 24
Aijalon with her suburbs,
Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh,
Tanach with her suburbs,
and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs
for the families of the children of Kohath who remained.

27 And unto the children of Gershon,
of the families of the Levites,
out of the other half tribe of Manasseh
they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

28-29 And out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kishon with her suburbs,
Dabareh with her suburbs, 29
Jarmuth with her suburbs,
Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.

30-31 And out of the tribe of Asher,
Mishal with her suburbs,
Abdon with her suburbs, 31
Helkath with her suburbs,
and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Hammothdor with her suburbs,
and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

33 All the cities of the Gershonites
according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

34-35 And unto the families of the children of Merari,
the rest of the Levites,
out of the tribe of Zebulun,
Jokneam with her suburbs,
and Kartah with her suburbs, 35
Dimnah with her suburbs,
Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben,
Bezer with her suburbs,
and Jahazah with her suburbs,

37 Kedemoth with her suburbs,
and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

38-39 And out of the tribe of Gad,
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 39
Heshbon with her suburbs,
Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,
who were remaining of the families of the Levites,
were by their lot twelve cities.

41 All the cities of the Levites
within the possession of the children of Israel
were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them
thus were all these cities.

{Chapter 21:43 Joshua Preached Grace}
43~~And Jehovah/God gave unto Israel all the land
which he swore to give unto their fathers;
and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

44 And the Jehovah/God gave them rest round about,
according to all that He swore unto their fathers
and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them;
Jehovah/God delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45~~There failed not nothing
  {double negative is a stronger negative in Hebrew}
of any good thing which Jehovah/God
had spoken unto the house of Israel.

All came to pass.