¹ 那时，利未人的众族长来到祭司以利亚撒和嫩的儿子约书亚，并以色列各支派的族长面前，

² 在迦南地的示罗对他们说：从前耶和华藉着摩西吩咐给我们城邑居住，并城邑的郊野可以牧养我们的牲畜。

³ 於是以色列人照耶和华所吩咐的，从自己的地业中，将以下所记的城邑和城邑的郊野给了利未人。

⁴ 为哥辖族拈阄：利未人的祭司、亚伦的子孙，从犹大支派、西缅支派、便雅悯支派的地业中，按阄得了十三座城。

⁵ 哥辖其馀的子孙，从以法莲支派、但支派、玛拿西半支派的地业中，按阄得了十座城。

⁶ 革顺的子孙，从以萨迦支派、亚设支派、拿弗他利支派、住巴珊的玛拿西半支派的地业中，按阄得了十三座城。

⁷ 米拉利的子孙，按着宗族，从流便支派、迦得支派、西布伦支派的地业中，按阄得了十二座城。

⁸ 以色列人照着耶和华藉摩西所吩咐的，将这些城邑和城邑的郊野，按阄分给利未人。

⁹ 从犹大支派、西缅支派的地业中，将以下所记的城给了利未支派哥辖宗族亚伦的子孙；因为给他们拈出头一阄，

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¹¹ 将犹大山地的基列亚巴和四围的郊野给了他们。亚巴是亚衲族的始祖。（基列亚巴就是希伯仑）。

¹² 惟将属城的田地和村庄给了耶孚尼的儿子迦勒为业。

¹³ 以色列人将希伯仑，就是误杀人的逃城和属城的郊野，给了祭司亚伦的子孙；又给他们立拿和属城的郊野，

¹⁴ 雅提珥和属城的郊野，以实提莫和属城的郊野，

¹⁵ 何仑和属城的郊野，底璧和属城的郊野，

¹⁶ 亚因和属城的郊野，淤他和属城的郊野，伯示麦和属城的郊野，共九座城，都是从这二支派中分出来的。

¹⁷ 又从便雅悯支派的地业中给了他们基遍和属城的郊野，迦巴和属城的郊野，

¹⁸ 亚拿突和属城的郊野，亚勒们和属城的郊野，共四座城。

¹⁹ 亚伦子孙作祭司的共有十三座城，还有属城的郊野。

²⁰ 利未支派中哥辖的宗族，就是哥辖其馀的子孙，拈阄所得的城有从以法莲支派中分出来的。

²¹ 以色列人将以法莲山地的示剑，就是误杀人的逃城和属城的郊野，给了他们；又给他们基色和属城的郊野，

²² 基伯先和属城的郊野，伯和仑和属城的郊野，共四座城；

²³ 又从但支派的地业中给了他们伊利提基和属城的郊野，基比顿和属城的郊野，

²⁴ 亚雅仑和属城的郊野，迦特临门和属城的郊野，共四座城；

²⁵ 又从玛拿西半支派的地业中给了他们他纳和属城的郊野，迦特临门和属城的郊野，共两座城。

²⁶ 哥辖其馀的子孙共有十座城，还有属城的郊野。

²⁷ 以色列人又从玛拿西半支派的地业中将巴珊的哥兰，就是误杀人的逃城和属城的郊野，给了利未支派革顺的子孙；又给他们比施提拉和属城的郊野，共两座城；

²⁸ 又从以萨迦支派的地业中给了他们基善和属城的郊野，大比拉和属城的郊野，

²⁹ 耶末和属城的郊野，隐干宁和属城的郊野，共四座城；

³⁰ 又从亚设支派的地业中给了他们米沙勒和属城的郊野，押顿和属城的郊野，

³¹ 黑甲和属城的郊野，利合和属城的郊野，共四座城；

³² 又从拿弗他利支派的地业中将加利利的基低斯，就是误杀人的逃城和属城的郊野，给了他们；又给他们哈末多珥和属城的郊野，加珥坦和属城的郊野，共三座城。

³³ 革顺人按着宗族所得的城，共十三座，还有属城的郊野。

³⁴ 其馀利未支派米拉利子孙，从西布伦支派的地业中所得的，就是约念和属城的郊野，加珥他和属城的郊野，

³⁵ 丁拿和属城的郊野，拿哈拉和属城的郊野，共四座城；

³⁶ 又从流便支派的地业中给了他们比悉和属城的郊野，雅杂和属城的郊野，

³⁷ 基底莫和属城的郊野，米法押和属城的郊野，共四座城；

³⁸ 又从迦得支派的地业中，将基列的拉末，就是误杀人的逃城和属城的郊野，给了他们；又给他们玛哈念和属城的郊野，

³⁹ 希实本和属城的郊野，雅谢和属城的郊野，共四座城。

⁴⁰ 其馀利未支派的人，就是米拉利的子孙，按着宗族拈阄所得的，共十二座城。

⁴¹ 利未人在以色列人的地业中所得的城，共四十八座，并有属城的郊野。

⁴² 这些城四围都有属城的郊野，城城都是如此。

⁴³ 这样，耶和华将从前向他们列祖起誓所应许的全地赐给以色列人，他们就得了为业，住在其中。

⁴⁴ 耶和华照着向他们列祖起誓所应许的一切话，使他们四境平安；他们一切仇敌中，没有一人在他们面前站立得住。耶和华把一切仇敌都交在他们手中。

⁴⁵ 耶和华应许赐福给以色列家的话一句也没有落空，都应验了。

¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

² Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

³ God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

⁴ God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

⁵ God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶ God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

⁷ God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

⁸ God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹ God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

¹⁰ God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

¹¹ God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.

¹² The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

¹³ There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴ God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

¹⁵ and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

¹⁶ God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

¹⁷ God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

¹⁸ and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰ God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."

²¹ God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

²² God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

²³ There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

²⁴ God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.

²⁵ God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

²⁶ God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

²⁷ God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

²⁸ God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

²⁹ God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

³⁰ To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.

³¹ God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.