Joshua 21:19
17 And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
18 Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
20 The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
21 they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
- KJV
- All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
- WEB
- All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
- ASV
- All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
- DARBY
- All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
- BLB
- All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, [were] thirteen cities and their pasturelands.
- ÅB
- Slik fikk Arons sønner, prestene, i alt tretten byer med tilhørende jorder.
- OTB
- Det totale antallet byer for prestene, Arons etterkommere, var tretten, sammen med deres beitemarker.
- B1930
- Således fikk Arons sønner, prestene, i alt tretten byer med tilhørende jorder.