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Joshua 21:20

What does Joshua 21:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 21:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, [they gave cities]. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,

Context

v.19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

v.20This passage

v.21And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

Cross references

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

  • Joshua 21:5

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:66

    And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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