Joshua - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 243
The History of the People of Israel
Kudsh, in Galilee, in the highlands of Naphthali, and Shekem in Mount Ephraim, and Krith-arba,1 in the highlands of judah ; and beyond the jordan, east of jeriko, they gave Betzer in the Desert of the Plain, for the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth Gilad, for the tribe of Gad, and Ghilan, in Bashan, for the tribe of Manasseh. These cities were to be open to all the children of Israel, and to the foreigner, to ny to,-whoever struck a life, so that they might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until they had been placed before a Court of justice. (B.C. I428») Qbitizu grantzb in tbz 21 Ezhitzs. The chief fathers of the Levites
also approached Aliazer the Priest, and joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the chil- dren of Israel, and addressed them in Shiloh in the land of Canan, say1ng;—·~— I`he EVER-L1v1Nc commanded
by the medium of Moses to give resi— dential towns to us, and pasture for So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their dis- tricts, by command of the EVER- L1V1NG, these cities and their pasture lands. When the lot was drawn for the
family of the Kahthi, it came for the sons of Aaron the priest ofthe Levites, from the tribe of judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin,-·—sixteen towns by lot. But for the other sons of Kahth, with their families, from the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities by lot. But to the sons of Ghershon with
their families, from the tribe of Issakar, and from the tribe of Ashnr, and from the tribe of Naphthali, and from the half tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities. To the sons of Merari, with their
families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulon,——twelve cities. So the children of Israel gave these
), in brackets, is an ancient editorial note.- F. F. cities by lot to the Levites, with their pasture lands, as the EVER-Livmc commanded, by means of Moses. But the tribe ofthe sons of judah, 9 and the tribe of the sons of Simeon, gave these towns, which are recited by name, and they were for the sons of Aaron of the family of the Kahthi, of the sons of Levi, for the first lot came to them. Consequently they gave to them Krith—arba,—~— he was the father of Anak,1 in the highlands of judah. But the pastures around it, and the farms of the city, and thc villages around it, they gave to Kaleb the son of jefunneh, as his own estate. But to the sons of Aaron the priest,
they gave the City of Refuge for the manslayer, (at Hebron,} with its pasturage, and Libnah, with its pas- turage, and lther, with its pasturage; and Ashtemoa, with its pasturage, and Kholan, with its pasturage, and Debir, with its pasturage; and Ain, with its pasturage, and juta, with its pasturage; and Beth—shems, with its pasturage ; ten towns from those two tribes. And from the tribe of Benjamin
Gibeon, with its pasturage, and Gheba, with its pasturage, and Anathoth, with its pasturage, and Almon, with its pasturage; four towns. All the towns of the sons of Aaron the priest were thirteen towns with their pasturage. And to the family of the sons of
Kahath, with the other Levites, beside the sons of Kahth, towns were allotted to them from the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the Cities of Refuge for the manslayer, Shekem, with its pasturage in Mount Ephraim, and Ghezir, with its pas- tures; and Kibtzin, with its pastures, and Beth~hor0n, with its pastures; four towns. And from the tribe of Dan, Althaka,
with its pastures; and Ghibthon, with its pastures; and Ailon, with its pastures; Beth~Rimon, with its pas- tures ;—-·four towns. And from the half tribe of Manasseh,
Anak, with its pastures; and Gath- rimon, with its pastures ;——~two towns. In all ten towns, with their pastures, to the family of the sons of Kahath with others. IO II I2 xc 18 20 21
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1 V. 11. (" It is Hebron ") is an ancient editorial note.-—F. F.
