Nehemiah 11:36
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
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- BSB
- And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
- KJV
- And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
- WEB
- Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah settled in Benjamin’s territory.
- ASV
- And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.
- DARBY
- And of the Levites there were divisions of Judah [dwelling] in Benjamin.
- BLB
- And [some] from the Levites, divisions [in] Judah, [were assigned] to Benjamin.
- ÅB
- Av levittene kom noen avdelinger fra Juda til å høre til Benjamin.
- OTB
- Noen divisjoner av levittene fra Juda ble tildelt Benjamin.
- B1930
- Av levittene kom nogen avdelinger fra Juda til å høre til Benjamin.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 6:54–81
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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Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
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