Joshua 21:19
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 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.
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
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.