Joshua 21:40
In total, the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levite families, received twelve cities by lot.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
KJV1611 – Modern English
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that all the cities of the children of Merari amonge their kynreds of ye other Leuites, were twolue.
Geneva Bible (1560)
So all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families (which were the rest of the families of the Leuites) were by their lot, twelue cities.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
So that all the cities of the children of Merari throughout their kinredes which were the rest of the kynredes of the Leuites, were by their lot twelue cities.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were [by] their lot twelve cities.
Webster's Bible (1833)
All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.
American Standard Version (1901)
All `these were' the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
American Standard Version (1901)
All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.
World English Bible (2000)
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Merarite clans(the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.
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3So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.
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38Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen cities with their villages.
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16This was the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun by their families—these cities with their villages.
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