KJV King James Version
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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Joshua 21:20
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
WEB World English Bible
The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
ASV American Standard Version
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Joshua 21
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her 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 which 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 her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
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וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyבְּנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childקְהָת֙H6955 · qe.hatKohathהַלְוִיִּ֔םH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviהַנּוֹתָרִ֖יםH3498 · ya.tarto remainמִבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childקְהָ֑תH6955 · qe.hatKohathוַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beעָרֵ֣יH5892 · irexcitementגֽוֹרָלָ֔םH1486 · go.ralallottedמִמַּטֵּ֖הH4294 · mat.tehtribe: rodאֶפְרָֽיִם׃H669 · eph.ra.yimEphraim
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 6:66And [the residue] of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.Joshua 21:5And 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.
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