Levili boy başları, Kenan topraklarında, Şiloda, Kâhin Elazar, Nun oğlu Yeşu ve İsrail oymaklarının boy başlarına giderek, "RAB, Musa aracılığıyla bize oturmak için kentler, hayvanlarımız için de otlaklar verilmesini buyurmuştu" dediler.
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Bunun üzerine İsrailliler RABbin buyruğu uyarınca kendi paylarından Levililere otlaklarıyla birlikte şu kentleri verdiler:
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
İlk kura Kehat boylarına düştü. Levililerden olan Kâhin Harunun oğullarına kurayla Yahuda, Şimon ve Benyamin oymaklarından on üç kent verildi.
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
Geri kalan Kehatoğullarına Efrayim, Dan ve Manaşşe oymağının yarısına ait boylardan alınan on kent kurayla verildi.
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
Gerşonoğullarına kurayla İssakar, Aşer, Naftali oymaklarına ait boylardan ve Başanda Manaşşe oymağının yarısından alınan on üç kent verildi.
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Merarioğullarına boy sayılarına göre Ruben, Gad ve Zevulun oymaklarından alınan on iki kent verildi.
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Böylece RABbin Musa aracılığıyla buyurduğu gibi, İsrailliler otlaklarıyla birlikte bu kentleri kurayla Levililere verdiler.
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Yahuda, Şimon oymaklarından alınan ve aşağıda adları verilen kentler,
And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
ilk kurayı çeken Levili Kehat boylarından Harunoğullarına ayrıldı.
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
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