Scripture · Old Testament
Joshua 21:40
Joshua 21:40 is verse 40 of Joshua chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
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Joshua 21:38–42 · Berean Standard Bible
38 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
39 Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
40 In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
41 For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
42 Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
Read all of Joshua 21Hebrew words
כָּלallהֶ֨עָרִ֜יםthe citiesלִבְנֵ֤יof [the] descendants ofמְרָרִי֙Merariלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔םto clans theirהַנּוֹתָרִ֖יםwhich remainedמִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹתof [the] clans ofהַלְוִיִּ֑םthe Levitesוַיְהִי֙and it wasגּוֹרָלָ֔םlot theirעָרִ֖יםcitiesשְׁתֵּ֥יםtwo [plus]עֶשְׂרֵֽהten
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