Joshua 21:40
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
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.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these 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.