Verse 8

And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many you shall give many; but from them that have few you shall give few: everyone shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Byene som dere gir fra Israels barns eiendommer, skal fordeles etter størrelsen på arveloddene: de som har større områder, skal gi flere byer, og de som har mindre, skal gi færre. Hver skal bidra til levittene i forhold til sitt arveland.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og byene som dere gir, skal tas fra Israelittenes eiendom: fra dem som har mye skal dere ta mye, og fra dem som har lite skal dere ta mindre; hver enkelt skal gi av sine byer til levittene etter den arv han har fått.

• Norsk King James

  Byene dere gir skal være av eiendommene til barna av Israel: fra dem som har mange, skal dere gi mange; men fra dem som har få, skal dere gi få: hver enkelt skal gi av sine byer til levittene i henhold til hva han arver.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når dere gir byer fra Israels gudsgitte eiendom, skal dere ta stort fra mye og lite fra den som har lite. Hver etter sin arves størrelse skal gi av sine byer til levittene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Disse byene som dere skal gi fra Israels barns eiendom, skal være i forhold til størrelsen på deres arv. De som har mye, skal gi mye; de som har lite, skal gi mindre, hver etter sine arveloter til levittene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De byene som dere skal gi, skal være fra Israels barns eiendom: fra dem som har mange byer, skal dere gi mange, og fra dem som har få byer, skal dere gi få; hver skal gi av sine byer til levittene i forhold til den arven han mottar.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De byene dere gir, skal komme fra Israels barn sin eiendom: De som har mye, gir mye; de som har lite, gir lite; hver skal gi levittene en del av sine byer i henhold til den arv han mottar.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  De byene som dere skal gi, skal være fra Israels barns eiendom: fra dem som har mange byer, skal dere gi mange, og fra dem som har få byer, skal dere gi få; hver skal gi av sine byer til levittene i forhold til den arven han mottar.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Byene dere skal gi fra Israels barns eiendom, skal være i forhold til arven: store stammer skal gi flere byer, og små stammer færre. Hver stamme skal gi av sine byer til levittene etter det landet de har arvet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The cities you give from the inheritance of the Israelites shall be proportionate: from larger tribes give more, and from smaller tribes give less. Each tribe shall give cities to the Levites in accordance with the inheritance it receives.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når dere gir byer fra Israels barns arv, skal dere gi flere byer fra de større stammene og færre fra de mindre stammene, hver skal gi i forhold til den arven den mottar.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og (anlangende) de Stæder, som I skulle give af Israels Børns Eiendom, da skulle I tage Meget fra den, som haver Meget, og tage Lidet fra den, som haver Lidet; hver efter sin Arvs Beskaffenhed, som de skulle arve, skal give Leviterne af sine Stæder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Byene som dere gir, skal komme fra Israels barns eiendom: de som har mange, skal gi mange, og de som har få, skal gi få. Hver enkelt skal gi av sine byer til levittene i henhold til hva han har arvet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Når det gjelder byene dere skal gi fra Israels barns eiendom, skal dere ta mange fra de mange og få fra de få; hver skal gi av sine byer til levittene etter sin arv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Byene dere gir skal tas fra Israels barns eiendom. Fra de som har mye skal dere ta mer, og fra de som har lite skal dere ta mindre; hver skal gi etter sin arv til levittene.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Av de byene dere gir fra Israels barns eiendom, skal dere gi flere fra de som har mye og færre fra de som har mindre. Hver skal gi av sine byer i forhold til den arven han har arvet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og disse byene skal gis fra arven til Israels barn, flere fra dem som har mye, og færre fra dem som har lite: hver skal gi av sin arv til Levittene.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And of the cities which ye shall geue oute of the possessyons of the childern of Israel ye shall geue many out of their possessions that haue moche and fewe out of their possessios that haue litle: so that euery tribe shall geue of his cities vnto the leuites acordinge to the enheritaunce which he enhereteth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And of ye same ye shal geue the more, from the yt haue moch in possession amonge the children of Israel: & the lesse from them, that haue litle in possession. Euery one (acordinge to his enheritaunce that is deuyded vnto him) shall geue of his cities vnto the Leuites.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And concerning the cities which yee shall giue, of the possession of the children of Israel: of many ye shall take mo, and of few ye shall take lesse: euery one shall giue of his cities vnto the Leuites, according to his inheritance, which hee inheriteth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And these cities whiche ye shall geue, shalbe out of the possession of the chyldren of Israel. They that haue many, shall geue many: but of them that haue fewe, ye shall take fewe. Euery one shal geue of his cities vnto the Leuites, accordyng to the inheritaunce whiche he inheriteth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the cities which ye shall give [shall be] of the possession of the children of Israel: from [them that have] many ye shall give many; but from [them that have] few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the cities which ye give `are' of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to the Levites.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.

Referenced Verses

• Num 26:54 : 54 To many you shall give the more inheritance, and to few you shall give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
• Num 33:54 : 54 You shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give the smaller inheritance: everyone's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
• Deut 33:8-9 : 8 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tried at Massah, and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar. 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: strike through the loins of those that rise against him, and of those that hate him, that they rise not again.
• Josh 21:1-9 : 1 Then the heads of the fathers of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2 And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their suburbs for our livestock. 3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who 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. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot 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, thirteen cities. 7 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. 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to 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 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 around it. 12 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs, 14 And Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 15 And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs, 16 And Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Bethshemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs, 18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs, 22 And Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Bethhoron with its suburbs; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, 24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gathrimmon with its suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its suburbs, and Gathrimmon with its suburbs; two cities. 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. 27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its suburbs; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its suburbs, Dabareh with its suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, Engannim with its suburbs; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs, 31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahazah with its suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. 40 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. 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were each with their suburbs around them: thus were all these cities.
• 2 Cor 8:13-14 : 13 For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened; 14 But by equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, and their abundance may supply your lack, that there may be equality:
• Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
• Exod 16:18 : 18 And when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack; every man gathered according to his need.
• Exod 32:28-29 : 28 The children of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother."