1 Chronicles 6:63

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

From beyond the Jordan at Jericho, east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer in the desert with its pasturelands and Jahzah with its pasturelands.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Unto the sons{H1121} of Merari{H4847} [were given] by lot,{H1486} according to their families,{H4940} out of the tribe{H4294} of Reuben,{H7205} and out of the tribe{H4294} of Gad,{H1410} and out of the tribe{H4294} of Zebulun,{H2074} twelve{H8147} cities.{H5892}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Unto the sons{H1121} of Merari{H4847} were given by lot{H1486}, throughout their families{H4940}, out of the tribe{H4294} of Reuben{H7205}, and out of the tribe{H4294} of Gad{H1410}, and out of the tribe{H4294} of Zebulun{H2074}, twelve{H8147}{H6240} cities{H5892}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The childre of Merari of their kynred, had by lot out of the trybe of Ruben, & out of the trybe of Gad, and out of the trybe of Zabulon, twolue cities.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Vnto the sonnes of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelue cities.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And vnto the sonnes of Merari were geuen by lot throughout their kinredes out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, twelue cities.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Unto the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Unto the sons of Merari `were given' by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Unto the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And to the sons of Merari, by their families, twelve towns were given by the Lord's decision, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The clans of Merari’s descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 21:7 : 7 The descendants of Merari, by their families, received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
  • Josh 21:34-40 : 34 To the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, and Kartah with its pasture lands, 35 Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands—four cities in total. 36 From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasture lands, and Jahzah with its pasture lands, 37 Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands—four cities in total. 38 From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands, 39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands—four cities in total. 40 In total, the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levite families, received twelve cities by lot.
  • Gen 46:11 : 11 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Num 3:20 : 20 The sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, according to their fathers' houses.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 21:3-9
    7 verses
    87%

    3 So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.

    4 The lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The descendants of Aaron, the priest, who were from the Levites, received, by lot, thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

    5 The remaining Kohathites received, by lot, ten cities from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

    6 The descendants of Gershon received, by lot, thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

    7 The descendants of Merari, by their families, received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

    8 So the Israelites gave these cities with their pasture lands to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, by lot.

    9 From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they gave the following cities by name.

  • 1 Chr 6:64-66
    3 verses
    81%

    64 They also gave Kedemoth with its pasturelands and Mephaath with its pasturelands.

    65 From the tribe of Gad, they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands.

    66 They were also given Heshbon with its pasturelands and Jazer with its pasturelands.

  • 1 Chr 6:60-62
    3 verses
    79%

    60 Hukok with its pasturelands and Rehob with its pasturelands.

    61 From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

    62 To the remaining sons of Merari, from the tribe of Zebulun, they gave Rimmono with its pasturelands and Tabor with its pasturelands.

  • Josh 21:40
    76%

    40 In total, the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levite families, received twelve cities by lot.

  • Josh 21:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33 In total, the families of the Gershonites received thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

    34 To the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, and Kartah with its pasture lands,

  • Josh 19:16
    72%

    16 This was the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun by their families—these cities with their villages.

  • 1 Chr 6:54
    71%

    54 Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands.

  • 1 Chr 6:19
    70%

    19 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah.

  • 1 Chr 6:1
    70%

    1 The sons of Levi are Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Josh 14:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.

    3 For Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan River, but to the Levites he did not give any inheritance among them.

  • Num 34:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

    14 For the tribe of the Reubenites by their ancestral clans, the tribe of the Gadites by their ancestral clans, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance.

  • Num 26:63
    70%

    63 These were the numbers recorded by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

  • Josh 21:36
    70%

    36 From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasture lands, and Jahzah with its pasture lands,

  • Num 26:57
    70%

    57 These are the families of the Levites by their clans: The clan of the Gershonites from Gershon, the clan of the Kohathites from Kohath, and the clan of the Merarites from Merari.

  • 1 Chr 6:16
    70%

    16 These were the men David appointed to lead the singing in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest.

  • Josh 13:15
    70%

    15 Moses gave to the tribe of the Reubenites, according to their clans:

  • Josh 13:24
    69%

    24 Similarly, Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the descendants of Gad according to their clans:

  • Deut 4:43
    69%

    43 The cities were Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

  • Josh 19:31-32
    2 verses
    69%

    31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher, according to their families—the cities and their villages.

    32 The sixth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali, according to their families.

  • Josh 18:7
    69%

    7 The Levites will not have a portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them.

  • Josh 20:8
    69%

    8 Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 13:28
    69%

    28 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Gad, according to their clans—the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 19:23
    69%

    23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar, according to their families—the cities and their villages.

  • Exod 6:19
    68%

    19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites by their generations.

  • Num 4:42
    68%

    42 The Merarite men were counted by their families and by their ancestral houses.

  • Josh 12:6
    68%

    6 Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites defeated them. And Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

  • 1 Chr 6:47
    68%

    47 To the sons of Gershom, for their families, from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, they gave thirteen cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:57
    68%

    57 From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands.

  • Num 3:33
    68%

    33 To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites. These are the clans of Merari.