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Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites

Joshua 21:37

In 10 translations

BSB
Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
KJV
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
WEB
Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.
ASV
Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
LSV
Kedemoth and its outskirts, and Mephaath and its outskirts—four cities.
YLT
Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs — four cities.
DBY
Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;
GNV
Kedemoth with her suburbes, and Mephaath with her suburbes: foure cities.
JPS
Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath with the open land about it; four cities.
LXXE
and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities.

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  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: אֶת־ (“obj”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: קְדֵמוֹת֙ (“Kedemoth”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: וְאֶת־ (“and obj”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ (“pasture lands its”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: וְאֶת־ (“and obj”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: מֵיפָ֖עַת (“Mephaath”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: וְאֶת־ (“and obj”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ (“pasture lands its”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: עָרִ֖ים (“cities”).
  • text restored from parallel passages in the Leningrad Codex: אַרְבַּֽע׃ ס (“four”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֶת־קְדֵמוֹת֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־מֵיפָ֖עַת וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע׃
LXX-Br
καὶ τὴν Δεκμὼν, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς· καὶ τὴν Μαφὰ, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς· πόλεις τέσσαρες.

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  • 21:36b in some Bibles

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