Joshua 21 Darby Translation
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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;
1 Y LOS principales de los padres de los Levitas vinieron á Eleazar sacerdote, y á Josué hijo de Nun, y á los principales de los padres de las tribus de los hijos de 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.
2 Y habláronles en Silo en la tierra de Canaán, diciendo: Jehová mandó por Moisés que nos fuesen dadas villas para habitar, con sus ejidos para nuestras bestias.
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.
3 Entonces los hijos de Israel dieron á los Levitas de sus posesiones, conforme á la palabra de Jehová, estas villas con sus ejidos.
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.
4 Y salió la suerte por las familias de los Coathitas; y fueron dadas por suerte á los hijos de Aarón sacerdote, que eran de los Levitas, por la tribu de Judá, por la de Simeón y por la de Benjamín, trece villas.
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.
5 Y á los otros hijos de Coath se dieron por suerte diez villas de las familias de la tribu de Ephraim, y de la tribu de Dan, y de la media tribu de Manasés;
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.
6 Y á los hijos de Gersón, por las familias de la tribu de Issachâr, y de la tribu de Aser, y de la tribu de Nephtalí, y de la media tribu de Manasés en Basán, fueron dadas por suerte trece villas.
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.
7 A los hijos de Merari por sus familias se dieron doce villas por la tribu de Rubén, y por la tribu de Gad, y por la tribu de Zabulón.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.
8 Y [así] dieron por suerte los hijos de Israel á los Levitas estas villas con sus ejidos, como Jehová lo había mandado por Moisés.
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,
9 Y de la tribu de los hijos de Judá, y de la tribu de los hijos de Simeón dieron estas villas que fueron nombradas:
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);
10 Y la primera suerte fué de los hijos de Aarón, de la familia de Coath, de los hijos de Leví;
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.
11 A los cuales dieron Chîriath-arba, del padre de Anac, la cual es Hebrón, en el monte de Judá, con sus ejidos en sus contornos.
12 But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
12 Mas el campo de aquesta ciudad y sus aldeas dieron á Caleb hijo de Jephone, por su posesión.
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,
13 Y á los hijos de Aarón sacerdote dieron la ciudad de refugio para los homicidas, á Hebrón con sus ejidos; y á Libna con sus ejidos,
14 and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
14 Y á Jattir con sus ejidos, y á Estemoa con sus ejidos,
15 and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,
15 A Helón con sus ejidos, y á Debir con sus ejidos,
16 and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;
16 A Ain con sus ejidos, á Jutta con sus ejidos, y á Beth-semes con sus ejidos; nueve villas de estas dos tribus:
17 and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
17 Y de la tribu de Benjamín, á Gibeón con sus ejidos, á Geba con sus ejidos,
18 Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.
18 A Anathoth con sus ejidos, á Almón con sus ejidos: cuatro villas.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
19 Todas las villas de los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, son trece con sus ejidos.
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,
20 Mas las familias de los hijos de Coath, Levitas, los que quedaban de los hijos de Coath, recibieron por suerte villas de la tribu de 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,
21 Y diéronles á Sichêm, villa de refugio para los homicidas, con sus ejidos, en el monte de Ephraim; y á Geser con sus ejidos,
22 and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities;
22 Y á Kibsaim con sus ejidos, y á Beth-oron con sus ejidos: cuatro villas:
23 and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
23 Y de la tribu de Dan á Eltheco con sus ejidos, á Gibethón con sus ejidos,
24 Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;
24 A Ayalón con sus ejidos, á Gath-rimmón con sus ejidos: cuatro villas:
25 and out of half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities.
25 Y de la media tribu de Manasés, á Taanach con sus ejidos, y á Gath-rimmón con sus ejidos: dos villas.
26 All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
26 Todas las villas para el resto de las familias de los hijos de Coath fueron diez con sus ejidos.
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;
27 A los hijos de Gersón de las familias de los Levitas, [dieron] la villa de refugio para los homicidas, de la media tribu de Manasés: á Gaulón en Basán con sus ejidos, y á Bosra con sus ejidos: dos villas.
28 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs, Dabrath and its suburbs,
28 Y de la tribu de Issachâr, á Cesión con sus ejidos, á Dabereth con sus ejidos,
29 Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-gannim and its suburbs: four cities;
29 A Jarmuth con sus ejidos, y á En-gannim con sus ejidos: cuatro villas:
30 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
30 Y de la tribu de Aser, á Miseal con sus ejidos, á Abdón con sus ejidos,
31 Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;
31 A Helchâth con sus ejidos, y á Rehob con sus ejidos: cuatro villas:
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.
32 Y de la tribu de Nephtalí, la villa de refugio para los homicidas, á Cedes en Galilea con sus ejidos, á Hammoth-dor con sus ejidos, y á Cartán con sus ejidos: tres villas:
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
33 Todas las villas de los Gersonitas por sus familias fueron trece villas con sus ejidos.
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,
34 Y á las familias de los hijos de Merari, Levitas que quedaban, [dióseles] de la tribu de Zabulón, á Jocneam con sus ejidos, Cartha con sus ejidos,
35 Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;
35 Dimna con sus ejidos, Naalal con sus ejidos: cuatro villas:
36 and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
36 Y de la tribu de Rubén, á Beser con sus ejidos, á Jasa con sus ejidos,
37 Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;
37 A Cedemoth con sus ejidos, y Mephaat con sus ejidos: cuatro villas:
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,
38 De la tribu de Gad, la villa de refugio para los homicidas, Ramoth en Galaad con sus ejidos, y Mahanaim con sus ejidos,
39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.
39 Hesbón con sus ejidos, y Jacer con sus ejidos: cuatro villas.
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.
40 Todas las villas de los hijos de Merari por sus familias, que restaban de las familias de los Levitas, fueron por sus suertes doce villas.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.
41 Y todas la villas de los Levitas en medio de la posesión de los hijos de Israel, fueron cuarenta y ocho villas con sus ejidos.
42 Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.
42 Y estas ciudades estaban apartadas la una de la otra cada cual con sus ejidos alrededor de ellas: lo cual fué en todas estas ciudades.
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.
43 Así dió Jehová á Israel toda la tierra que había jurado dar á sus padres; y poseyéronla, y habitaron en ella.
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.
44 Y Jehová les dió reposo alrededor, conforme á todo lo que había jurado á sus padres: y ninguno de todos los enemigos les paró delante, sino que Jehová entregó en sus manos á todos sus enemigos.
45 There failed nothing of all the good things that Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel: all came to pass.
45 No faltó palabra de todas la buenas que habló Jehová á la casa de Israel; todo se cumplió.
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Arba
Called the greatest man among the Anakim and the father of Anak, after whom Hebron was formerly named Kiriath-arba.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 21:11
Cross references (38)
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- 1 Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 17:4; Numbers 34:17–29; Exodus 6:14
- 2 Joshua 18:1; Numbers 35:2–8; Galatians 6:6; 1 Timothy 5:17–18; Ezekiel 48:9–18
- 3 Genesis 49:7; Deuteronomy 33:8–10; 1 Chronicles 6:54–81
- 4 Joshua 24:33; 1 Chronicles 6:54–60; Joshua 21:8–19
- 5 Joshua 21:20–26; 1 Chronicles 6:18–19; 1 Chronicles 6:61; 1 Chronicles 6:66–70; Numbers 3:27
- 6 Joshua 21:27–33; Exodus 6:16–17; 1 Chronicles 6:71–76; Numbers 3:21–22; 1 Chronicles 6:62
- 7 Joshua 21:34–40; 1 Chronicles 6:63; Exodus 6:19; 1 Chronicles 6:77–81; Numbers 3:20
- 8 Joshua 21:3; Proverbs 16:33; Joshua 18:6; Numbers 32:2; Proverbs 18:18
- 9 1 Chronicles 6:65; Joshua 21:13–18
- 10 Joshua 21:4; Exodus 6:20–26; Numbers 3:19; Numbers 4:2; Numbers 3:2–4
- 11 1 Chronicles 6:55; Luke 1:39; 2 Samuel 5:1–5; Joshua 15:54; Genesis 35:27
- 12 Joshua 14:13–15; 1 Chronicles 6:55–57
- 13 Joshua 15:42; Joshua 15:54; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 10:29; 1 Chronicles 6:56–57
- 14 Joshua 15:50; Joshua 15:48; 1 Samuel 30:27–28
- 15 Joshua 15:51; Joshua 15:49; Joshua 12:13; 1 Chronicles 6:58
- 16 Joshua 15:55; 1 Chronicles 6:59; Joshua 15:10; 1 Samuel 6:9; Joshua 15:42
- 17 Joshua 9:3; Joshua 18:24–25; 1 Chronicles 6:60
- 18 1 Kings 2:26; Jeremiah 1:1; Isaiah 10:30; 1 Chronicles 6:60
- 20 1 Chronicles 6:66; Joshua 21:5
- 21 Joshua 20:7; Joshua 16:10; 1 Kings 9:15–17; 1 Kings 12:1; Genesis 33:19
- 22 Joshua 16:3; Joshua 18:13–14; 1 Chronicles 6:68; Joshua 16:5
- 23 Joshua 19:44–45
- 24 Joshua 19:42; Joshua 10:12; 1 Chronicles 6:69
- 25 Joshua 17:11; Judges 5:19
- 27 1 Chronicles 6:71; Deuteronomy 1:4; Joshua 20:8; Deuteronomy 4:43
- 28 1 Chronicles 6:72–73; Joshua 19:12
- 29 Joshua 10:23; Joshua 10:3; Joshua 12:11
- 30 1 Chronicles 6:74–75; Joshua 19:25–28
- 31 1 Chronicles 6:75; Judges 18:21; Judges 1:31
- 32 1 Chronicles 6:76; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 19:37; Joshua 19:35
- 34 1 Chronicles 6:77; Joshua 21:7; Joshua 19:11; Joshua 12:22; Joshua 19:15
- 36 Joshua 20:8; Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 13:18; 1 Chronicles 6:78–79; Numbers 21:23
- 38 Genesis 32:2; 2 Samuel 17:24; Deuteronomy 4:43; 1 Kings 22:3; 2 Samuel 19:32
- 39 Joshua 13:17; Joshua 13:21; 1 Chronicles 6:81; Numbers 32:37; Isaiah 16:8–9
- 41 Numbers 35:1–8; Deuteronomy 33:10; Genesis 49:7
- 43 Genesis 13:15; Genesis 28:4; Psalm 106:42–45; Exodus 23:27–31; Psalm 44:3
- 44 Joshua 11:23; Deuteronomy 31:3–5; Hebrews 4:9; Deuteronomy 7:22–24; Exodus 23:31
- 45 1 Kings 8:56; Joshua 23:14–15; Numbers 23:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 1 Corinthians 1:9
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