Joshua 21:7

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.

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  • Josh 21:34-40 : 34 And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, `are,' out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs, 35 Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs -- four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs, 37 Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs -- four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge `for' the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs, 39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- `in' all four cities. 40 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.
  • 1 Chr 6:63 : 63 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.
  • 1 Chr 6:77-81 : 77 To the sons of Merari who are left, from the tribe of Zebulun, `are' Rimmon and its suburbs, Tabor and its suburbs; 78 and from beyond the Jordan by Jericho, at the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs, 79 and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs; 80 and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs, 81 and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jazer and its suburbs.
  • Exod 6:19 : 19 And the sons of Merari `are' Mahli and Mushi: these `are' families of Levi, as to their births.
  • Num 3:20 : 20 And the sons of Merari by their families `are' Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.

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    60 And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs. All their cities `are' thirteen cities, for their families.

    61 And to the sons of Kohath, those left of the family of the tribe, from the half of the tribe, the half of Manasseh, by lot, `are' ten cities.

    62 And to the sons of Gershom, for their families, from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

    63 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.

    64 And the sons of Israel give to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.

    65 And they give by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name;

  • 83%

    39 Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- `in' all four cities.

    40 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.

    41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel `are' forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

    42 These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.

  • Josh 21:3-6
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    3 And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:

    4 And the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities,

    5 and for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities:

    6 And for the sons of Gershon `are', out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.

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    30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,

    31 Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs -- four cities.

    32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge `for' the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs -- three cities;

    33 all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, `are' thirteen cities and their suburbs.

    34 And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, `are,' out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,

    35 Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs -- four cities.

    36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,

    37 Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs -- four cities.

  • Josh 21:8-10
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    8 And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

    9 And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name;

    10 and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;

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    77 To the sons of Merari who are left, from the tribe of Zebulun, `are' Rimmon and its suburbs, Tabor and its suburbs;

    78 and from beyond the Jordan by Jericho, at the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,

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    25 And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- two cities;

    26 all the cities `are' ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.

  • 16 This `is' the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun, for their families, these cities and their villages.

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    19 all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, `are' thirteen cities and their suburbs.

    20 And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;

  • 14 for the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received, by the house of their fathers; and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers; and the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;

  • 8 and beyond the Jordan, `at' Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

  • 31 This `is' the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families, these cities and their villages.

  • 42 And those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers,

  • 28 This `is' the inheritance of the sons of Gad, for their families, the cities and their villages.

  • 15 And Moses giveth to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, for their families;

  • 23 This `is' the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, for their families, the cities and their villages.

  • 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages;

  • 7 all the cities which ye give to the Levites `are' forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.

  • 57 And these `are' numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon `is' the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.

  • 23 And the border of the sons of Reuben is the Jordan, and `its' border; this `is' the inheritance of the sons of Reuben, for their families, the cities and their villages.

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    16 and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.

    17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,

  • 21 And the cities for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families, have been Jericho, and Beth-Hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

  • 7 These `are' families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

  • 4 for the sons of Joseph hath been two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they have not given a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for their cattle, and for their possessions;

  • 21 And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, answer and speak with the heads of the thousands of Israel:

  • 22 and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs -- four cities.