KJV King James Version
And 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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Joshua 21:3
And 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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
WEB World English Bible
The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
ASV American Standard Version
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:
Surrounding context — Joshua 21
1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment 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, [which 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.
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וַיִּתְּנ֨וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveבְנֵי־H1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֧לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלַלְוִיִּ֛םH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviמִנַּחֲלָתָ֖םH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)פִּ֣יH6310 · pehlipיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הֶעָרִ֥יםH5892 · irexcitementהָאֵ֖לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃H4054 · mig.rashpasture
Cross-references
Genesis 49:7Cursed [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.1 Chronicles 6:54-81Now 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.Deuteronomy 33:8-10And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
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