2tn Heb “and it belonged to the sons of Aaron, from the Kohathite clans, from the sons of Levi.”

3tn The words “they assigned” are supplied for clarification (also in vv. 23, 25).

4tn The name “Gath Rimmon” is problematic here, for it appears in the preceding list of Danite cities. The LXX reads “Iebatha”; 1 Chr 6:55 HT (6:70 ET) reads “Bileam.” Most modern translations retain the name “Gath Rimmon,” however.

5tn The words “they assigned” and “the following cities” are supplied for clarification (also in v. 34).

6tc 21:36-37 are accidentally omitted from a number of significant Hebrew mss. They are, however, found in some Hebrew mss, the LXX and Vulgate.

7tn Heb “in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel.”

8tn Heb “these cities were city [by] city, and its grazing areas [were] around it; so [it was] for all these cities.”

9tn Heb “which he had sworn to give to their fathers.”

10tn Or “possessed.”

11tn Heb “gave them rest all around.”

12tn Heb “according to all he swore to their fathers.”

13tn Heb “not a man stood from before them from all their enemies.”

14tn Heb “the house of Israel.” Cf. NCV “the Israelites”; TEV “the people of Israel”; CEV, NLT “Israel.”

15tn Heb “not a word from all the good word which the Lord spoke to the house of Israel fell; the whole came to pass.”