Joshua 21

21 ¹Den di family heads of di Levite people come near Eleazar di priest, Joshua di pikin of Nun, an di family heads of di tribes of Israel. ²For Shiloh inside di land of Canaan, dem tell dem sey, "Our Papa command through Moses sey make dem give us cities to stay, wit di grass-land for our animals."

³So di Israel people give di Levite people dis cities wit dem grass-land, comot from dem own share, as our Papa command. ⁴Di lot come out for di families of di Kohath people. Di pikin-dem of Aaron di priest, wey dey among di Levite people, take lot collect thirteen cities from di tribes of Judah, Simeon, an Benjamin. ⁵Di rest of di Kohath people take lot collect ten cities from di families of di tribe of Ephraim, di tribe of Dan, an di half-tribe of Manasseh. ⁶Di pikin-dem of Gershon take lot collect thirteen cities from di families of di tribe of Issachar, di tribe of Asher, di tribe of Naphtali, an di half-tribe of Manasseh wey dey Bashan. ⁷Di pikin-dem of Merari, according to dem families, collect twelve cities from di tribe of Reuben, di tribe of Gad, an di tribe of Zebulun. ⁸So di Israel people take lot give dis cities wit dem grass-land to di Levite people, just as our Papa don command through Moses. ⁹From di tribes of Judah an Simeon, dem give di cities wey dem name here: ¹⁰Dis ones go to di pikin-dem of Aaron, wey be from di Kohath families of di Levite people, becos di first lot fall to dem. ¹¹Dem give dem Kiriath-arba, wey be Hebron, for di hill country of Judah, wit di grass-land wey surround am (Arba na di papa of Anak). ¹²But dem don already give di city im farm-land an villages to Caleb di pikin of Jephunneh as im own possession. ¹³To di pikin-dem of Aaron di priest, dem give Hebron, a city of refuge for person wey kill somebody, wit im grass-land, an Libnah wit im grass-land, ¹⁴Jattir wit im grass-land, Eshtemoa wit im grass-land, ¹⁵Holon wit im grass-land, Debir wit im grass-land, ¹⁶Ain, Juttah, an Beth-shemesh, each one wit im grass-land—nine cities from dis two tribes. ¹⁷From di tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon wit im grass-land, Geba wit im grass-land, ¹⁸Anathoth wit im grass-land, an Almon wit im grass-land—four cities. ¹⁹Di whole cities of di pikin-dem of Aaron, di priests, na thirteen cities wit dem grass-land.

²⁰Di remaining Kohath Levite families collect dem allotted cities from di tribe of Ephraim. ²¹Dem give dem Shechem, a refuge city for person wey kill somebody, wit im grass-land, for Ephraim im hill country, an Gezer wit im grass-land, ²²Kibzaim wit im grass-land, an Beth-horon wit im grass-land—four cities. ²³From di tribe of Dan: Elteke wit im grass-land, Gibbethon wit im grass-land, ²⁴Aijalon wit im grass-land, an Gath-rimmon wit im grass-land—four cities. ²⁵From di half-tribe of Manasseh: Taanach wit im grass-land, an Gath-rimmon wit im grass-land—two cities. ²⁶All dis ones na ten cities wit dem grass-land for di rest of di Kohath families.

²⁷From di half-tribe of Manasseh, to di Levite clans of Gershon: Golan wey dey Bashan, a city of refuge for person wey kill somebody, wit im grass-land; an Be-eshterah wit im grass-land—two cities. ²⁸From di tribe of Issachar: Kishion wit im grass-land, Daberath wit im grass-land, ²⁹Jarmuth wit im grass-land, an En-gannim wit im grass-land—four cities. ³⁰From di tribe of Asher: Mishal wit im grass-land, Abdon wit im grass-land, ³¹Helkath wit im grass-land, an Rehob wit im grass-land—four cities. ³²From Naphtali im tribe: Kedesh wey dey Galilee, a refuge city for person wey kill somebody, wit im grass-land; Hammoth-dor wit im grass-land; Kartan wit im grass-land—three cities. ³³Di whole cities of di Gershon people, according to dem families, na thirteen cities wit dem grass-land.

³⁴To di remaining Levite people, di Merari clans, dem give from Zebulun im tribe: Jokneam an im grass-land, Kartah an im grass-land, ³⁵Dimnah wit im grass-land, an Nahalal wit im grass-land—four cities. ³⁶From di tribe of Reuben: Bezer wit im grass-land, Jahzah wit im grass-land, ^a a v36 Verse 36-37 no dey inside plenty Hebrew manuscript but dem dey inside odas an inside di old Greek one. ³⁷Kedemoth wit im grass-land, an Mephaath wit im grass-land—four cities. ³⁸From Gad im tribe: Ramoth wey dey Gilead, a city of refuge for person wey kill somebody, wit im grass-land, an Mahanaim wit im grass-land, ³⁹Heshbon wit im grass-land, an Jazer wit im grass-land—four cities altogether. ⁴⁰Di whole cities for Merari im families—di remaining Levite families—come reach twelve, by lot.

⁴¹Di whole cities of di Levite people wey dey inside di possession of di Israel people na forty-eight, wit dem grass-land. ⁴²Each one of dis cities get im own grass-land wey surround am; na so e be for all of dem.

⁴³So our Papa give Israel all di land wey e swear give dem ancestors; dem take am, dem settle for inside. ⁴⁴Our Papa give dem rest for every side, just as e swear give dem ancestors. None of dem enemy fit stand against dem; our Papa hand all dem enemy give dem. ⁴⁵Not even one of all di good promises wey our Papa make to di house of Israel fail; all of dem come true.