Joshua 21:4
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And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
In other translations
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
Hebrew words
וַיֵּצֵאvaiyetze'and it came outH3318הַגּוֹרָלhagoralthe lotH1486לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתlemishpechotof [the] clans ofH4940הַקְּהָתִיhakehatithe Kohathite[s]H6956וַיְהִיvayhiand it belongedH1961לִבְנֵיlivneito [the] descendants ofH1121אַהֲרֹן'aharonAaronH175הַכֹּהֵןhakohenthe priestH3548מִן־min-ofH4480הַלְוִיִּםhalviyimthe LevitesH3881מִמַּטֵּהmimatehfrom [the] tribe ofH4294יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063וּמִמַּטֵּהumimatehand from [the] tribe ofH4294הַשִּׁמְעֹנִיhashim'onithe Simeonite[s]H8099וּמִמַּטֵּהumimatehand from [the] tribe ofH4294בִנְיָמִןvinyaminBenjaminH1144בַּגּוֹרָלbagoralby the lotH1486עָרִים'arimcitiesH5892שְׁלֹשׁsheloshthir-H7969עֶשְׂרֵה׃ ס'esrehteenH6240
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Related verses
- Joshua 21:8-198 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. 9 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.8 So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. 9 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.)
- 1 Chronicles 6:54-6054 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,54 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: 55 They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands. 56 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
- Joshua 24:33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
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