Joshua 21
יהושע פרק כ״א
Section: נביאים · נביאים ראשונים | Book: Joshua | Chapter: 21 of 24 | Day: 21 of 742
Date: March 4, 2026
קלאוד על הנ״ך
Joshua chapter 21 fulfills one of the most distinctive land arrangements in the Torah: the allocation of cities to the Levites. Unlike the other tribes, the Levites receive no contiguous territorial inheritance. Instead, as commanded in Numbers 35:1-8, they are granted 48 cities scattered throughout the tribal territories, each with surrounding pasturelands for their livestock. This chapter meticulously catalogs every city by Levitical clan — Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites — demonstrating that the promise made to the tribe of Levi was carried out with exactitude. The Levitical heads approach Eleazar the priest and Joshua at Shiloh (verse 2), invoking God’s command through Moses, and the allocation proceeds by lot, maintaining the divine mechanism that governed the entire land distribution.
The internal organization of the chapter reflects the hierarchical structure of the Levitical families. The Kohathites are treated first and subdivided: the priestly descendants of Aaron receive 13 cities from the southern tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin — placing the priestly family near the future site of the Temple. The remaining Kohathites receive 10 cities from Ephraim, Dan, and half-Manasseh. The Gershonites receive 13 cities spread across the northern and Transjordanian tribes, while the Merarites receive 12 cities from Zebulun, Reuben, and Gad. Notably, several of these Levitical cities are also the arei miklat (cities of refuge) designated in chapter 20 — Hebron, Shechem, Kedesh, and others — underscoring the Levites’ role as both spiritual teachers and guardians of justice within Israelite society.
The theological significance of the Levitical cities extends beyond mere urban planning. By dispersing the Levites throughout the land, the arrangement ensures that every Israelite community has access to religious instruction and ritual expertise. As Jacob’s blessing in Genesis 49:7 declared, “I will divide them in Jacob, scatter them in Israel” — what began as a consequence of Simeon and Levi’s violence at Shechem is transformed into a mechanism for spiritual enrichment. The Levites’ lack of a tribal territory becomes, paradoxically, their greatest asset: their “inheritance is God” (Deuteronomy 18:2), and their physical scattering ensures God’s presence is accessible everywhere in the land.
The chapter concludes with a sweeping theological summary that serves as a capstone not merely for the Levitical allocation but for the entire conquest and settlement narrative. Verses 43-45 declare with triumphal finality: “God gave them rest on all sides, just as had been promised… Not one of the good things that God had promised to the House of Israel was lacking. Everything was fulfilled.” This three-verse doxology echoes the divine promises made to Abraham (Genesis 15), reiterated to Moses (Exodus 3), and renewed to Joshua at the book’s opening (Joshua 1:3-6). The narrator pauses to assert that the covenant has been kept in full — a moment of theological accounting that sets the stage for the warnings and challenges that will dominate the book’s final chapters.
פרק כ״א · Chapter 21
פסוק א׳ · Verse 1
Hebrew:
וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֗וּ רָאשֵׁי֙ אֲב֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶל־אֶלְעָזָר֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן־נ֑וּן וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֛י אֲב֥וֹת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
English:
The family heads of the Levites approached the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads of the Israelite tribes,
פסוק ב׳ · Verse 2
Hebrew:
וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם בְּשִׁלֹ֗ה בְּאֶ֤רֶץ כְּנַ֙עַן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְהֹוָה֙ צִוָּ֣ה בְיַד־מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָתֶת־לָ֥נוּ עָרִ֖ים לָשָׁ֑בֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֖ן לִבְהֶמְתֵּֽנוּ׃ {פ}
English:
and spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, as follows: “GOD commanded through Moses that we be given towns to live in, along with their pastures for our livestock.”
פסוק ג׳ · Verse 3
Hebrew:
וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל לַלְוִיִּ֛ם מִנַּחֲלָתָ֖ם אֶל־פִּ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה אֶת־הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃
English:
So the Israelites, in accordance with GOD’s command, assigned to the Levites, out of their own portions, the following towns with their pastures:
פסוק ד׳ · Verse 4
Hebrew:
וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַגּוֹרָ֖ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַקְּהָתִ֑י וַיְהִ֡י לִבְנֵי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִן־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם מִמַּטֵּ֣ה יְ֠הוּדָ֠ה וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֜י וּמִמַּטֵּ֤ה בִנְיָמִן֙ בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל עָרִ֖ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ {ס}
English:
The [first] lot among the Levites fell to the Kohathite clans. To the descendants of the priest Aaron, there fell by lot 13 towns from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Simeon, and the tribe of Benjamin;
פסוק ה׳ · Verse 5
Hebrew:
וְלִבְנֵ֨י קְהָ֜ת הַנּֽוֹתָרִ֗ים מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת מַטֵּֽה־אֶ֠פְרַ֠יִם וּֽמִמַּטֵּה־דָ֞ן וּמֵחֲצִ֨י מַטֵּ֧ה מְנַשֶּׁ֛ה בַּגּוֹרָ֖ל עָרִ֥ים עָֽשֶׂר׃ {ס}
English:
and to the remaining Kohathites [there fell] by lot 10 towns from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, the tribe of Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
פסוק ו׳ · Verse 6
Hebrew:
וְלִבְנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁ֗וֹן מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת מַטֵּֽה־יִשָּׂשכָ֣ר וּמִמַּטֵּֽה־אָ֠שֵׁ֠ר וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה נַפְתָּלִ֜י וּ֠מֵחֲצִ֠י מַטֵּ֨ה מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה בַבָּשָׁן֙ בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל עָרִ֖ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ {ס}
English:
To the Gershonites [there fell] by lot 13 towns from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
פסוק ז׳ · Verse 7
Hebrew:
לִבְנֵ֨י מְרָרִ֜י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֗ם מִמַּטֵּ֨ה רְאוּבֵ֤ן וּמִמַּטֵּה־גָד֙ וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה זְבוּלֻ֔ן עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ {ס}
English:
[And] to the Merarites, by their clans—12 towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun.
פסוק ח׳ · Verse 8
Hebrew:
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶת־הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֖ה בַּגּוֹרָֽל׃ {פ}
English:
The Israelites assigned those towns with their pastures by lot to the Levites—as GOD had commanded through Moses.
פסוק ט׳ · Verse 9
Hebrew:
וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ מִמַּטֵּה֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמִמַּטֵּ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י שִׁמְע֑וֹן אֵ֚ת הֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֶתְהֶ֖ן בְּשֵֽׁם��
English:
From the tribe of the Judahites and the tribe of the Simeonites were assigned the following towns, which will be listed by name;
פסוק י״ · Verse 10
Hebrew:
וַֽיְהִי֙ לִבְנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֔ן מִמִּשְׁפְּח֥וֹת הַקְּהָתִ֖י מִבְּנֵ֣י לֵוִ֑י כִּ֥י לָהֶ֛ם הָיָ֥ה הַגּוֹרָ֖ל רִאישֹׁנָֽה׃
English:
they went to the descendants of Aaron among the Kohathite clans of the Levites, for the first lot had fallen to them.
פסוק י״א · Verse 11
Hebrew:
וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ לָהֶ֜ם אֶת־קִרְיַת֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע אֲבִ֧י הָעֲנ֛וֹק הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּהַ֣ר יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָ סְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָ׃
English:
To them were assigned in the hill country of Judah Kiriath-arba—that is, Hebron—together with the pastures around it. [Arba was] the father of the Anokites.aAnokites Elsewhere “Anakites”; cf. Num. 13.22; Deut. 9.2.
פסוק י״ב · Verse 12
Hebrew:
וְאֶת־שְׂדֵ֥ה הָעִ֖יר וְאֶת־חֲצֵרֶ֑יהָ נָ֥תְנ֛וּ לְכָלֵ֥ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֖ה בַּאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ {ס}
English:
They gave the fields and the villages of the town to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding.
פסוק י״ג · Verse 13
Hebrew:
וְלִבְנֵ֣י ׀ אַֽהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֗ן נָֽתְנוּ֙ אֶת־עִיר֙ מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֶת־חֶבְר֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ וְאֶת־לִבְנָ֖ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
But to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron—the city of refuge for manslayersbcity of refuge for manslayers See note at 20.3.—together with its pastures, Libnah with its pastures,
פסוק י״ד · Verse 14
Hebrew:
וְאֶת־יַתִּר֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶֽת־אֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
Jattir with its pastures, Eshtemoa with its pastures,
פסוק ט״ו · Verse 15
Hebrew:
וְאֶת־חֹלֹן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־דְּבִ֖ר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
Holon with its pastures, Debir with its pastures,
פסוק ט״ז · Verse 16
Hebrew:
וְאֶת־עַ֣יִן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֗הָ וְאֶת־יֻטָּה֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ אֶת־בֵּ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֣ים תֵּ֔שַׁע מֵאֵ֕ת שְׁנֵ֖י הַשְּׁבָטִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ {ס}
English:
Ain with its pastures, Juttah with its pastures, and Beth-shemesh with its pastures—9 towns from those two tribes.
פסוק י״ז · Verse 17
Hebrew:
וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֔ין אֶת־גִּבְע֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ אֶת־גֶּ֖בַע וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
And from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pastures, Geba with its pastures,
פסוק י״ח · Verse 18
Hebrew:
אֶת־עֲנָתוֹת֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־עַלְמ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃
English:
Anathoth with its pastures, and Almon with its pastures—4 towns.
פסוק י״ט · Verse 19
Hebrew:
כׇּל־עָרֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֲנִ֑ים שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה עָרִ֖ים וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ {ס}
English:
All the towns of the descendants of the priest Aaron, 13 towns with their pastures.
פסוק כ׳ · Verse 20
Hebrew:
וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת בְּנֵֽי־קְהָת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ים מִבְּנֵ֣י קְהָ֑ת וַֽיְהִי֙ עָרֵ֣י גֽוֹרָלָ֔ם מִמַּטֵּ֖ה אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
English:
cExplicating v. 5. As for the other clans of the Kohathites, the remaining Levites descended from Kohath, the towns in their lot were: From the tribe of Ephraim
פסוק כ״א · Verse 21
Hebrew:
וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ לָהֶ֜ם אֶת־עִ֨יר מִקְלַ֧ט הָרֹצֵ֛חַ אֶת־שְׁכֶ֥ם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָ בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־גֶּ֖זֶר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
they were given, in the hill country of Ephraim, Shechem—the city of refuge for manslayers—with its pastures, Gezer with its pastures,
פסוק כ״ב · Verse 22
Hebrew:
וְאֶת־קִבְצַ֙יִם֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חוֹרֹ֖ן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃ {ס}
English:
Kibzaim with its pastures, and Beth-horon with its pastures—4 towns.
פסוק כ״ג · Verse 23
Hebrew:
וּמִ֨מַּטֵּה־דָ֔ן אֶֽת־אֶלְתְּקֵ֖א וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ אֶֽת־גִּבְּת֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pastures, Gibbethon with its pastures,
פסוק כ״ד · Verse 24
Hebrew:
אֶת־אַיָּלוֹן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ אֶת־גַּת־רִמּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃
English:
Aijalon with its pastures, and Gath-rimmon with its pastures—4 towns.
פסוק כ״ה · Verse 25
Hebrew:
וּמִֽמַּחֲצִית֙ מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה אֶת־תַּעְנַךְ֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־גַּ֥ת רִמּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים שְׁתָּֽיִם׃
English:
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pastures, and Gath-rimmon with its pastures—2 towns.
פסוק כ״ו · Verse 26
Hebrew:
כׇּל־עָרִ֥ים עֶ֖שֶׂר וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ן לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת בְּנֵי־קְהָ֖ת הַנּוֹתָרִֽים׃ {ס}
English:
All the towns for the remaining clans of the Kohathites came to 10, with their pastures.
פסוק כ״ז · Verse 27
Hebrew:
וְלִבְנֵ֣י גֵֽרְשׁוֹן֮ מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַלְוִיִּם֒ מֵחֲצִ֞י מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה אֶת־עִיר֙ מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֶת־[גּוֹלָ֤ן] (גלון) בַּבָּשָׁן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים שְׁתָּֽיִם׃ {ס}
English:
To the Gershonites of the Levitical clans: From the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan—the city of refuge for manslayers—with its pastures, and Beeshterah with its pastures—2 towns.
פסוק כ״ח · Verse 28
Hebrew:
וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר אֶת־קִשְׁי֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ אֶת־דָּבְרַ֖ת וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
From the tribe of Issachar: Kishion with its pastures, Dobrath with its pastures,
פסוק כ״ט · Verse 29
Hebrew:
אֶת־יַרְמוּת֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ אֶת־עֵ֥ין גַּנִּ֖ים וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃ {ס}
English:
Jarmuth with its pastures, and En-gannim with its pastures—4 towns.
פסוק ל׳ · Verse 30
Hebrew:
וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה אָשֵׁ֔ר אֶת־מִשְׁאָ֖ל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ אֶת־עַבְדּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
From the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pastures, Abdon with its pastures,
פסוק ל״א · Verse 31
Hebrew:
אֶת־חֶלְקָת֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־רְחֹ֖ב וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃ {ס}
English:
Helkath with its pastures, and Rehob with its pastures—4 towns.
פסוק ל״ב · Verse 32
Hebrew:
וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה נַפְתָּלִ֜י אֶת־עִ֣יר ׀ מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֗חַ אֶת־קֶ֨דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִ֤יל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֙הָ֙ וְאֶת־חַמֹּ֥ת דֹּאר֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־קַרְתָּ֖ן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים שָׁלֹֽשׁ׃
English:
From the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee—the city of refuge for manslayers—with its pastures, Hammoth-dor with its pastures, and Kartan with its pastures—3 towns.
פסוק ל״ג · Verse 33
Hebrew:
כׇּל־עָרֵ֥י הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה עִ֖יר וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ {ס}
English:
All the towns of the Gershonites, by their clans, came to 13 towns, with their pastures.
פסוק ל״ד · Verse 34
Hebrew:
וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת בְּנֵי־מְרָרִי֮ הַלְוִיִּ֣ם הַנּוֹתָרִים֒ מֵאֵת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה זְבוּלֻ֔ן אֶֽת־יׇקְנְעָ֖ם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ אֶת־קַרְתָּ֖ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
To the remaining Levites, the clans of the Merarites: From the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pastures, Kartah with its pastures,
פסוק ל״ה · Verse 35
Hebrew:
אֶת־דִּמְנָה֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ אֶֽת־נַהֲלָ֖ל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃ {ס}
English:
Dimnah with its pastures, and Nahalal with its pastures—4 towns.dSome mss. and editions add the following (cf. 1 Chron. 6.63–64): “And from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pastures, Jahaz with its pastures, Kedemoth with its pastures, and Mephaath with its pastures—4 towns.”
פסוק ל״ו · Verse 36
Hebrew:
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English:
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פסוק ל״ז · Verse 37
Hebrew:
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פסוק ל״ח · Verse 38
Hebrew:
וּמִמַּטֵּה־גָ֗ד אֶת־עִיר֙ מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֶת־רָמֹ֥ת בַּג��ִלְעָ֖ד וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ וְאֶֽת־מַחֲנַ֖יִם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃
English:
From the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead—the city of refuge for manslayers—with its pastures, Mahanaim with its pastures,
פסוק ל״ט · Verse 39
Hebrew:
אֶת־חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ אֶת־יַעְזֵ֖ר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ כׇּל־עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃
English:
Heshbon with its pastures, and Jazer with its pastures—4 towns in all.
פסוק מ׳ · Verse 40
Hebrew:
כׇּל־הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים לִבְנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַֽיְהִי֙ גּוֹרָלָ֔ם עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃
English:
All the towns that went by lot to the Merarites, by their clans—the rest of the Levitical clans—came to 12 towns.
פסוק מ״א · Verse 41
Hebrew:
כֹּ֚ל עָרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עָרִ֛ים אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃
English:
All the towns of the Levites within the holdings of the Israelites came to 48 towns, with their pastures.
פסוק מ״ב · Verse 42
Hebrew:
תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ הֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה עִ֣יר עִ֔יר וּמִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָ סְבִיבֹתֶ֑יהָ כֵּ֖ן לְכׇל־הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ {ס}
English:
eMeaning of verse uncertain. Thus those towns were assigned, every town with its surrounding pasture; and so it was with all those towns.
פסוק מ״ג · Verse 43
Hebrew:
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן יְהֹוָה֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶ֨ת־כׇּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לָתֵ֣ת לַאֲבוֹתָ֑ם וַיִּרָשׁ֖וּהָ וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ בָֽהּ׃
English:
Israel was given the whole country that GOD had sworn to their fathersffathers See note at 1.6. to assign them; they took possession of it and settled in it.
פסוק מ״ד · Verse 44
Hebrew:
ו��יָּ֨נַח יְהֹוָ֤ה לָהֶם֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לַאֲבוֹתָ֑ם וְלֹא־עָ֨מַד אִ֤ישׁ בִּפְנֵיהֶם֙ מִכׇּל־אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֚ת כׇּל־אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם נָתַ֥ן יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּיָדָֽם׃
English:
GOD gave them rest on all sides, just as had been promised to their fathersgfathers See note at 1.6. on oath. Not one of all their enemies withstood them; GOD delivered all their enemies into their hands.
פסוק מ״ה · Verse 45
Hebrew:
לֹא־נָפַ֣ל דָּבָ֔ר מִכֹּל֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַטּ֔וֹב אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הַכֹּ֖ל בָּֽא׃ {פ}
English:
Not one of the good things that GOD had promised to the House of Israel was lacking. Everything was fulfilled.