Orthodox Jewish Bible

Yehoshua 21:6-23 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

6. And the Bnei Gershon had by goral out of the mishpekhot of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Menasheh in Bashan, 13 towns.

7. The Bnei Merari by their mishpekhot had out of the tribe of Reuven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, 12 towns.

8. And the Bnei Yisroel gave by goral unto the Levi'im these towns with their migrashim, just as Hashem commanded by the yad Moshe.

9. And they allotted out of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on, these towns which are here called b'shem (by name),

10. Which the Bnei Aharon, being of the mishpekhot of the Kehati, who were of the Bnei Levi, had; for theirs was the goral rishonah.

11. And they gave them Kiryat-Arba (Arba, Avi HaAnak), which is Chevron, in the har Yehudah, with the migrash (pastureland) thereof around it.

12. But the sadeh haIr, and the villages thereof, they gave to Kalev ben Yephunneh for his achuzzah (possession, property, estate).

13. Thus they gave to the Bnei Aharon HaKohen Chevron with its migrash, to be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach (City of Refuge of the Slayer); and Livnah with its migrash,

14. And Yatir with its migrashim, and Eshtemoa with its migrash,

15. And Cholon with its migrash, and Devir with its migrash,

16. And Ayin with its migrash, and Yutah with its migrash, and Beit Shemesh with its migrash; 9 towns out of those two shevatim (tribes).

17. And out of the tribe of Binyamin, Giveon with its migrash, Geva with its migrash,

18. Anatot with its migrash, and Almon with its migrash; 4 towns.

19. All the towns of the Bnei Aharon, the Kohanim, were 13 towns with their migrash.

20. And the mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat, the Levi'im which remained of the Bnei Kehat, even they had the towns of their goral out of the tribe of Ephrayim.

21. For they gave them Shechem with its migrash in har Ephrayim, to be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach; and Gezer with its migrash,

22. And Kivtzayim with its migrash, and Beit Choron with its migrash; 4 towns.

23. And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its migrash, Gibbeton with its migrash,