KJV King James Version
Unto the sons of Gershom [were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
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1 Chronicles 6:71
Unto the sons of Gershom [were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.
WEB World English Bible
To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
ASV American Standard Version
Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
To the sons of Gershom from the family of the half of the tribe of Manasseh are Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 6
68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
71 Unto the sons of Gershom [were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לִבְנֵי֮H1121 · benson: childגֵּרְשׁוֹם֒H1647 · ge.re.shomGershomמִמִּשְׁפַּ֗חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyחֲצִי֙H2677 · che.tsihalfמַטֵּ֣הH4294 · mat.tehtribe: rodמְנַשֶּׁ֔הH4519 · me.nash.shehManassehאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גּוֹלָ֥ןH1474 · go.lanGolanבַּבָּשָׁ֖ןH1316 · ba.shanBashanוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָH4054 · mig.rashpastureוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַשְׁתָּר֖וֹתH6252 · ash.ta.rotAshtarothוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ סH4054 · mig.rashpasture
Cross-references
Joshua 21:27And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.Joshua 9:10And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which [was] at Ashtaroth.Joshua 20:8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon 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.Deuteronomy 4:43[Namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.Deuteronomy 1:4After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
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