Joshua 21:9
7 And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name
10 to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:
11 They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
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
- From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name
- KJV
- And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
- WEB
- They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
- ASV
- And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:
- DARBY
- And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which were mentioned by name,
- BLB
- And they gave from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities that are called by name,
- ÅB
- Av Judas barns stamme og av Simeons barns stamme avgav de de byer som nå skal nevnes:
- OTB
- Fra stammene Juda og Simeon tildelte de følgende byer ved navn:
- B1930
- Av Judas barns stamme og av Simeons barns stamme avgav de de byer som nu skal nevnes:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 6:65
They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
Read in contextJoshua 21:13–18
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
Read in context