21:34 They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, 21:35 Dimnah, and Nahalal, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities; 21:36 1 from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz, 21:37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities; 21:38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim, 21:39 Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities. 21:40 The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.
21:41 The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites 2 forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas. 21:42 Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard. 3
21:43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, 4 and they conquered 5 it and lived in it. 21:44 The Lord made them secure, 6 in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. 7 None of their enemies could resist them. 8 21:45 Not one of the Lord’s faithful promises to the family of Israel 9 was left unfulfilled; every one was realized. 10
1 tc 21:36-37 are accidentally omitted from a number of significant Hebrew
2 tn Heb “in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel.”
3 tn Heb “these cities were city [by] city, and its grazing areas [were] around it; so [it was] for all these cities.”
4 tn Heb “which he had sworn to give to their fathers.”
5 tn Or “possessed.”
6 tn Heb “gave them rest all around.”
7 tn Heb “according to all he swore to their fathers.”
8 tn Heb “not a man stood from before them from all their enemies.”
9 tn Heb “the house of Israel.” Cf. NCV “the Israelites”; TEV “the people of Israel”; CEV, NLT “Israel.”
10 tn Heb “not a word from all the good word which the