Joshua 21:10

What does Joshua 21:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 21:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Which 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);

Context

v.9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name:

v.10This passage

v.11And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 6:20

    And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.

  • Exodus 6:18

    And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.

  • Numbers 3:27

    And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

  • Numbers 4:2

    Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

  • Numbers 3:2

    And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Joshua 21:4

    And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

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