Joshua 21:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    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.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The children{H1121} of Merari{H4847} according to their families{H4940} had 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

    The children{H1121} of Merari{H4847} by their families{H4940} had 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 children of Merari of their kynred had twolue cities, of the trybe of Ruben, of the trybe of Gad, and of the trybe of Zabulon.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the childre of Merari by their kinredes, had out of the tribe of Ruben, & out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, twelue cities.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The children of Merari according to 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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For the sons of Merari, for their families, `are', 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)

    The children of Merari according to 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The children of Merari according to 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • 1 Chr 6:63 : 63 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.
  • Exod 6:19 : 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites by their generations.
  • 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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  • 1 Chr 6:60-65
    6 verses
    87%

    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.

    63 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.

    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.

  • Josh 21:39-42
    4 verses
    83%

    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.

    41 In total, the cities of the Levites within the possession of the Israelites numbered forty-eight cities along with their pasture lands.

    42 Each of these cities had its surrounding pasture lands. This was true for all these cities.

  • Josh 21:3-6
    4 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Josh 21:30-37
    8 verses
    80%

    30 From the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

    31 Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands—four cities.

    32 From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three cities.

    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,

    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.

  • Josh 21:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

    10 These cities were for the descendants of Aaron, who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, for the first lot was for them.

  • Josh 21:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25 From half the tribe of Manasseh: Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—two cities.

    26 In total, the remaining Kohathite clans received ten cities with their pasture lands.

  • Josh 19:16
    74%

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

  • Josh 21:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 In total, the descendants of Aaron, the priests, received thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

    20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites received cities allotted to them from the tribe of Ephraim.

  • Num 34:14
    73%

    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.

  • Josh 20:8
    72%

    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 19:31
    71%

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

  • Num 4:42
    71%

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

  • Josh 13:28
    71%

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

  • Josh 13:15
    71%

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

  • Josh 19:23
    71%

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

  • Josh 19:7
    71%

    7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities with their villages,

  • Num 35:7
    71%

    7 The total number of cities you give to the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their 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.

  • Josh 13:23
    70%

    23 The territory of the Reubenites was the Jordan and its surrounding land. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Reuben, according to their clans—the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 21:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16 Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands—nine cities from these two tribes.

    17 From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

  • Josh 18:21
    70%

    21 The cities of the tribe of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz.

  • Num 26:7
    70%

    7 These were the families of the Reubenites, and the total number of those counted was 43,730.

  • Josh 14:4
    70%

    4 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites did not receive a portion of land but were instead given cities to live in, with pasturelands for their livestock and possessions.

  • Josh 22:21
    70%

    21 Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

  • Josh 21:22
    70%

    22 Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands—four cities.