Joshua
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Leningrad Codex, through the Open Scriptures Westminster Leningrad Codex. The written consonants are printed. A Masoretic reading is footnoted when it differs. No Dead Sea reading was substituted unless it was read from a fragment. The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions are witnesses, not the default.
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1The heads of the fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
2They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to live in, and their Open lands around cities where animals feed. for our cattle.
3The sons of Israel gave the Levites, from their inheritance, by the mouth of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., these cities and their Open lands around cities where animals feed..
4The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathite. The sons of Aaron the priest, from the Levites, had by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of the Simeonite, and from the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5The rest of the sons of Kohath had, by lot, from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6The sons of Gershon had, by lot, from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7The sons of Merari, by their clans, had from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8The sons of Israel gave the Levites these cities and their Open lands around cities where animals feed. by lot, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. commanded by the hand of Moses.
9They gave from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon these cities, which are called by name.
10They were for the sons of Aaron, from the clans of the Kohathite, from the sons of Levi, for the first lot was theirs.
11They gave them Kiriath-arba, the father of Anok, that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, and its Open land around a city where animals feed. around it.
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The consonants are Anok, the same line elsewhere calls Anak. The written Anok is printed here.
12The field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding.
13To the sons of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge for the killer, Hebron and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Libnah and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
14Jattir and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Eshtemoa and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
15Holon and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Debir and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
16Ain and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Juttah and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Beth-shemesh and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: nine cities from these two tribes.
17From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Geba and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
18Anathoth and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Almon and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: four cities.
19All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their Open lands around cities where animals feed..
20The clans of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the sons of Kohath, had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
21They gave them the city of refuge for the killer, Shechem and its Open land around a city where animals feed. in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
22Kibzaim and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Beth-horon and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: four cities.
23From the tribe of Dan: Elteke and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Gibbethon and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
24Aijalon and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Gath-rimmon and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: four cities.
25From the half-tribe of Manasseh: Taanach and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Gath-rimmon and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: two cities.
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The line names Taanach and Gath-rimmon, and it says two cities. Both names are printed. Gath-rimmon is not replaced with another city.
26All the cities were ten, and their Open lands around cities where animals feed., for the clans of the sons of Kohath who remained.
27To the sons of Gershon, of the clans of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh: the city of refuge for the killer, Galon in Bashan and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Beeshterah and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: two cities.
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The written consonants are גלון, Galon. The Masoretic reading is גולן, Golan. The written Galon is printed.
28From the tribe of Issachar: Kishion and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Daberath and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
29Jarmuth and its Open land around a city where animals feed., En-gannim and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: four cities.
30From the tribe of Asher: Mishal and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Abdon and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
31Helkath and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Rehob and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: four cities.
32From the tribe of Naphtali: the city of refuge for the killer, Kedesh in Galilee and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Hammoth-dor and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Kartan and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: three cities.
33All the cities of the Gershonite, by their clans, were thirteen cities and their Open lands around cities where animals feed..
34For the clans of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Kartah and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
35Dimnah and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Nahalal and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: four cities.
36From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Jahaz and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
37Kedemoth and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Mephaath and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: four cities.
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Verses 36 and 37 stand in the Leningrad Codex: Bezer, Jahaz, Kedemoth, and Mephaath from Reuben. They are not dropped.
38From the tribe of Gad: the city of refuge for the killer, Ramoth in Gilead and its Open land around a city where animals feed., and Mahanaim and its Open land around a city where animals feed.,
39Heshbon and its Open land around a city where animals feed., Jazer and its Open land around a city where animals feed.: four cities in all.
40All the cities for the sons of Merari, by their clans, who remained of the clans of the Levites, were, by their lot, twelve cities.
41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the holding of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities and their Open lands around cities where animals feed..
42These cities shall be, city by city, with its Open land around a city where animals feed. around it. So for all these cities.
43God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. gave Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. They took possession of it and lived in it.
44God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. gave all their enemies into their hand.
45Not a word failed of all the good word that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. spoke to the house of Israel. It all came.