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Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites

Joshua 21:10

In 11 translations

BSB
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:
KJV
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.
WEB
and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
ASV
and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
LSV
and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for the first lot has been theirs;
YLT
and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;
DBY
and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);
DRC
To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)
GNV
And they were the childrens of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites, and of the sonnes of Leui, (for theirs was the first lot)
JPS
And they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
LXXE
to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.Gr. was.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְהִי֙ לִבְנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֔ן מִמִּשְׁפְּח֥וֹת הַקְּהָתִ֖י מִבְּנֵ֣י לֵוִ֑י כִּ֥י לָהֶ֛ם הָיָ֥ה הַגּוֹרָ֖ל רִיאשֹׁנָֽה׃
LXX-Br
τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἀαρὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Καὰθ τῶν υἱῶν Λευὶ, ὅτι τούτοις ἐγενήθη ὁ κλῆρος.

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  • Joshua 21:4The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
  • Numbers 3:19The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
  • Numbers 4:2“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
  • Exodus 6:18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
  • Numbers 3:27From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
  • Exodus 6:20–26And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. And…
  • Numbers 3:2–4These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. Nadab and Abihu, however, died in…

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