圣经约书亚记第21章讲解|原文_约书亚记全文阅读

旧约 - 约书亚记（Joshua）第21章

Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel

at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock."

So, as the LORD had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

The first lot came out for the Kohathites, clan by clan. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.

The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name

(these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,

Jattir, Eshtemoa,

Holon, Debir,

Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands--nine towns from these two tribes.

And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands--four towns.

All the towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,

Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands--four towns.

Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands--four towns.

From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands--two towns.

All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshtarah, together with their pasturelands--two towns;

from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, Daberath,

Jarmuth and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands--four towns;

from the tribe of Asher, Mishal, Abdon,

Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands--four towns;

from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands--three towns.

All the towns of the Gershonite clans were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given: from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, Kartah,

Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands--four towns;

from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, Jahaz,

Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands--four towns;

from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,

Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands--four towns in all.

All the towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, were twelve.

The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands.

Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.

The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD handed all their enemies over to them.

Not one of all the LORD'S good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.

约书亚记第廿一章　　第 21 章　

　　书 21:2> 利未人也分到城邑了吗？　

　　21:2　利未人为了全族在神面前尽事奉之职，所以约书亚和大祭司以利亚撒，将散布全境的许多城邑分给他们（是居住，不是作产业）。　

　　书 21:43-45> 神的应许一句也没有落空！过去是这样，今日和将来呢？　

　　21:43-45　神成全了祂对以色列人的全部应许，证明了祂的信实。有些应许的成全经过好多年的时间，不过神应许的一切“都应验了”。祂的诸应许要按祂自己所定的日期，而不是按我们所想的时间来成就，但我们知道祂的话是可靠的。我们越相信神会实现祂的应许，并且还要不断成就，我们就越容易盼望其他的应许成真。也许我们有时会不耐烦，希望神按照我们所定的方式，即时采取行动。其实我们应当忠心，做我们知道神要我们做的事，然后把前途交托给他。──《灵修版圣经注释》　