Joshua 21:9
7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
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,
10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
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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
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
Read in contextJoshua 21:13–18
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
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