Joshua 21:40
38 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
39 Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
41 For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
42 Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
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.
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- BSB
- In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
- KJV
- So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
- WEB
- All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
- ASV
- All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
- DARBY
- [These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.
- BLB
- And all the cities for the sons of Merari by their clans, the remaining of the clans of the Levites, [by] their lot, were twelve cities.
- ÅB
- De byer som Meraris barn, resten av levittenes slekter, fikk som sin lodd etter sine slekter, var i alt tolv byer.
- OTB
- Det totale antallet byer tildelt merarittenes klaner, som var resten av levittene, var tolv.
- B1930
- De byer som Meraris barn, resten av levittenes ætter, fikk som sin lodd efter sine ætter, var i alt tolv byer.