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Joshua 21:4

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2 at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”

3 So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

The 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.

5 The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

6 The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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BSB
The 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.
KJV
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
WEB
The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
ASV
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
DARBY
And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
BLB
And the lot came out for the clans of the Kohathite, and there were for the sons of Aaron the priest of the Levites, from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of the Simeonite, and from the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities;
ÅB
Først kom loddet ut for kahatittenes slekter, og blant disse levitter fikk Arons, prestens, sønner ved loddkastingen tretten byer av Juda stamme og av simeonittenes stamme og av Benjamins stamme,
OTB
Det første loddet ble kastet for klanene til kehatittene. Så disse etterkommerne av Levi, etterkommerne av Aron presten, mottok ved lodd fra stammene Juda, Simeon og Benjamin, tretten byer.
B1930
Først kom loddet ut for kahatittenes ætter, og blandt disse levitter fikk Arons, prestens, sønner ved loddkastingen tretten byer av Juda stamme og av simeonittenes stamme og av Benjamins stamme,

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  • Joshua 24:33

    Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:54–60

    Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:

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  • Joshua 21:8–19

    So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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