Joshua 21
The New Messianic Version of the Bible
1Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] unto El’azar [God has helped] the priest, and unto Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] the son of Nun [Posterity], and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; 2And they spoke unto them at Shiloh [Place of Rest] in the land of Kena’an [Merchant], saying, The LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) commanded by the hand of Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] gave unto the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), these cities and their suburbs. 4And the lot came out for the families of the K’hati [Kohathites]: and the children of Aharon [Bright, Very High] the priest, [which were] of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], had by lot out of the tribe of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and out of the tribe of Shim’on [he who hears], and out of the tribe of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength], thirteen cities.

5And the rest of the children of K’hat [assembly, congregation] [had] by lot out of the families of the tribe of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], and out of the tribe of Dan [Judge], and out of the half tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget], ten cities.

6And the children of Gershon [Exile] [had] by lot out of the families of the tribe of Yissakhar [There Is Recompense], and out of the tribe of Asher [Happy], and out of the tribe of Naftali [My Wrestling], and out of the half tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] in Bashan [Fruitful], thirteen cities.

7The children of M’rari [Bitter] by their families [had] out of the tribe of Re’uven [Behold a Son], and out of the tribe of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort], and out of the tribe of Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place], twelve cities.

8And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] gave by lot unto the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) commanded by the hand of Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters].

9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and out of the tribe of the children of Shim’on [he who hears], these cities which are [here] mentioned by name, 10Which the children of Aharon [Bright, Very High], [being] of the families of the K’hati, [who were] of the children of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner], had: for theirs was the first lot. 11And they gave them the city of Kiryat-Arba [City of Arba (fourth)] the father of Anak [Neck], which [city is] Hevron [Seat of Association], in the hill [country] of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Kalev [Dog] the son of Y’funeh [He Will Face] for his possession.

13Thus they gave to the children of Aharon [Bright, Very High] the priest Hevron [Seat of Association] with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Livnah [Pavement] with her suburbs, 14And Yatir [Plenty] with her suburbs, and Esht’moa [I will make myself heard] with her suburbs, 15And Holon [Sandy] with her suburbs, and D’vir [Sanctuary] with her suburbs, 16And ‘Ayin [Spring] with her suburbs, and Yutah [Stretched Out] with her suburbs, [and] Beit-Shemesh [House of the Sun] with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17And out of the tribe of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength], Giv’on [Hill City] with her suburbs, Geva [hill] with her suburbs, 18‘Anatot [answers to prayer] with her suburbs, and ‘Almon [concealed] with her suburbs; four cities. 19All the cities of the children of Aharon [Bright, Very High], the priests, [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.

20And the families of the children of K’hat [assembly, congregation], the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] which remained of the children of K’hat [assembly, congregation], even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful]. 21For they gave them Sh’khem [Shoulder] with her suburbs in mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer [Portion] with her suburbs, 22And Kivtzayim [two gatherings] with her suburbs, and Beit-Horon [House of Hollowness] with her suburbs; four cities. 23And out of the tribe of Dan [Judge], Elt’keh [let God spue you out] with her suburbs, Gib’ton [mound] with her suburbs, 24Ayalon [Field of Deer] with her suburbs, Gat-Rimmon [winepress of the pomegranate] with her suburbs; four cities. 25And out of the half tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget], Ta’nakh [sandy] with her suburbs, and Gat-Rimmon [winepress of the pomegranate] with her suburbs; two cities. 26All the cities [were] ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of K’hat [assembly, congregation] that remained.

27And unto the children of Gershon [Exile], of the families of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], out of the [other] half tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] [they gave] Golan [Their Captivity] in Bashan [Fruitful] with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and B’esht’rah [with increase] with her suburbs; two cities. 28And out of the tribe of Yissakhar [There Is Recompense], Kishon [Winding] with her suburbs, Dovrat [word] with her suburbs, 29Yarmut [Heights] with her suburbs, ‘Ein-Ganim [Fountain of the Garden] with her suburbs; four cities. 30And out of the tribe of Asher [Happy], entreaty with her suburbs, Avdon [Servile] with her suburbs, 31Helkat [smooth] with her suburbs, and Rechov [Broad Place] with her suburbs; four cities. 32And out of the tribe of Naftali [My Wrestling], Kedesh [Holy Place] in Galil [circuit, district] with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammot-Dor [hot springs of “generation”] with her suburbs, and Kartan [two cities] with her suburbs; three cities. 33All the cities of the Gershuni [Exiled Ones] according to their families [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.

34And unto the families of the children of M’rari [Bitter], the rest of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], out of the tribe of Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place], Yokne’am [The People Lament] with her suburbs, and Kartah [cities] with her suburbs, 35Dimnah [dunghill] with her suburbs, Nahalal [pasture] with her suburbs; four cities. 36And out of the tribe of Re’uven [Behold a Son], Betzer [Remote Fortress] with her suburbs, and Yah’zah [trampled down]with her suburbs, 37K’demot [Eastern] with her suburbs, and Mepha’et [Spendour or Height] with her suburbs; four cities. 38And out of the tribe of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort], Ramot [Heights] in Gil’ad [Rocky Region] with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Machanayim [Two Camps] with her suburbs, 39Heshbon [Stronghold] with her suburbs, Ya’zer [Helped] with her suburbs; four cities in all. 40So all the cities for the children of M’rari [Bitter] by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], were [by] their lot twelve cities.

41All the cities of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] within the possession of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 42These cities were everyone with their suburbs round about them: thus [were] all these cities.

43And the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) gave unto Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt in it. 44And the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) 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; the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had spoken unto the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; all came to pass.



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