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Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites

Joshua 21:20

In 11 translations

BSB
The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
KJV
¶ And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
WEB
The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
ASV
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
LSV
And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;
YLT
And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;
DBY
And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, [they gave cities]. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,
DRC
And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession.
GNV
But to the families of the children of Kohath of the Leuites, which were the rest of the children of Kohath (for the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim)
JPS
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
LXXE
And to the families, even the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there was given their priests' city,Heb. the cities of their lot.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת בְּנֵֽי־קְהָת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים מִבְּנֵ֣י קְהָ֑ת וַֽיְהִי֙ עָרֵ֣י גֽוֹרָלָ֔ם מִמַּטֵּ֖ה אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τοῖς δήμοις υἱοῖς Καὰθ τοῖς Λευίταις τοῖς καταλελειμμένοις ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Καὰθ, καὶ ἐγενήθη ἡ πόλις τῶν ἱερέων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ φυλῆς Ἐφραίμ·

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:66And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:
  • Joshua 21:5The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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