KJV King James Version
Now these [are] their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
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1 Chronicles 6:54
Now these [are] their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:
WEB World English Bible
Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
ASV American Standard Version
Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And these are their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot;
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 6
51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54 Now these [are] their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙H428 · el.lehtheseמוֹשְׁבוֹתָ֔םH4186 · mo.shavseatלְטִירוֹתָ֖םH2918 · ti.rahencampmentבִּגְבוּלָ֑םH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryלִבְנֵ֤יH1121 · benson: childאַהֲרֹן֙H175 · a.ha.ronAaronלְמִשְׁפַּחַ֣תH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַקְּהָתִ֔יH6956 · qo.ha.tiKohathiteכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforלָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemהָיָ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beהַגּוֹרָֽל׃H1486 · go.ralallotted
Cross-references
Genesis 25:16These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.Numbers 35:1-8And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,Numbers 31:10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.Joshua 21:10Which 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.Joshua 21:3-8And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
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