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Joshua 21 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:2 - And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by [fn]Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities [fn]out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - And to the sons of Caath that were left were given by lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasse.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - And the sons of Gedson had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in [fn]Basan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - And the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:8 - And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 - And the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, and part of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot [fn]fell to these.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - And [fn]they gave to them Cariatharboc the [fn]metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain country of Juda, and the suburbs round it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the [fn]suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:14 - and Ælom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:15 - and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Bæthsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:18 - and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:19 - All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - And to the families, even the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there was given [fn]their priests' city,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:22 - and Bæthoron and its suburbs: four cities:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:23 - and of the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:24 - and Ælon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:25 - And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26 - In all were given ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And Joshua gave to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:28 - And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:29 - and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:30 - And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:31 - and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33 - All the cities of Gedson according to their families were thirteen cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 - And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained, he gave out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:35 - and Sella and its suburbs: three cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:37 - and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:39 - and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities were four in all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - All these cities were given to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and [fn]their limits were the twelve cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:41 - All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight cities,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:42 - and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:43 - So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:44 - And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:45 - There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass.
BES Footnotes
Gr. the hand of Moses.
Gr. from.
Or, the land of Basan.
Gr. was.
Gr. he.
Or, parent city. See note chap. 10:2.
The Greek word is different from that translated ‘suburbs.’ above.—q. d. glebe.
Heb. the cities of their lot.
i. e. the portion allotted, or assigned them.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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