Revised Version 1895

Joshua 21:1-4

1ThencameH5066nearH5066theheadsרָאשֵׁי֙ra.SheiH7218offathers’אֲב֣וֹת'a.VotH1houses of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881untoEleazarאֶלְעָזָר֙'el.'a.ZarH499thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548, and untoJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091thesonבִּן־bin-H1121ofNunנ֑וּןNunH5126, and unto theheadsרָאשֵׁ֛יra.SheiH7218offathers’אֲב֥וֹת'a.VotH1houses of thetribesהַמַּטּ֖וֹתha.ma.TotH4294of thechildrenלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478;

2and they spake unto them atShilohבְּשִׁלֹ֗הbe.shi.LohH7887in thelandבְּאֶ֤רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנַ֙עַן֙ke.Na.'anH3667,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680by thehandבְיַד־ve.yad-H3027ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872togiveלָֽתֶת־la.tet-H5414usH5414citiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892todwellלָשָׁ֑בֶתla.Sha.vetH3427in, with the suburbs thereof for ourcattleלִבְהֶמְתֵּֽנוּ׃liv.hem.Te.nuH929.

3And thechildrenבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֧לYis.ra.'ElH3478gaveוַיִּתְּנ֨וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414unto theLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֛םlal.vi.YimH3881outאֶל־'el-H413of theirinheritanceמִנַּחֲלָתָ֖םmi.na.cha.la.TamH5159,accordingH6310to thecommandmentH6310of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,theseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428citiesהֶעָרִ֥יםhe.'a.RimH5892with their suburbs.

4And thelotהַגּוֹרָ֖לha.go.RalH1486cameוַיְהִ֡יvay.HiH1961outH3318for thefamiliesלְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תle.mish.pe.ChotH4940of theKohathitesהַקְּהָתִ֑יha.ke.ha.TiH6956: and thechildrenלִבְנֵי֩liv.NeiH1121ofAaronאַהֲרֹ֨ן'a.ha.RonH175thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548, which were of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֗םhal.vi.YimH3881, had bylotבַּגּוֹרָ֔לba.go.RalH1486outH3318of thetribeמִמַּטֵּ֣הmi.ma.TehH4294ofJudahיְ֠הוּדָהYe.hu.dahH3063, andoutH3318of thetribeוּמִמַּטֵּ֨הu.mi.ma.TehH4294of theSimeonitesהַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֜יha.shim.'o.NiH8099, andoutH3318of thetribeוּמִמַּטֵּ֤הu.mi.ma.TehH4294ofBenjaminבִנְיָמִן֙vin.ya.MinH1144,thirteenעֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ ס'es.RehH6240citiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892.

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