Joshua 21:10
New International Version
(these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

New Living Translation
to the descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, since the sacred lot fell to them first:

English Standard Version
which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the clans of the Kohathites who belonged to the people of Levi; since the lot fell to them first.

Berean Standard Bible
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first.

New American Standard Bible
and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, because the lot was theirs first.

NASB 1995
and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, for the lot was theirs first.

NASB 1977
and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, for the lot was theirs first.

Legacy Standard Bible
and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, for the lot was theirs first.

Amplified Bible
and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, because the lot fell to them first.

Christian Standard Bible
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they were for the children of Aaron from the family of Qahath, from the sons of Levi, because theirs was the first lot

Brenton Septuagint Translation
to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.

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

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
that they gave Aaron's descendants who were from the families of Kohath in the tribe of Levi. Their lot was the first one drawn.

Good News Translation
to the descendants of Aaron who were of the clan of Kohath, which was descended from Levi. Their assignment was the first to be made.

International Standard Version
for the descendants of Aaron, one of the families of the descendants of Kohath, of the descendants of Levi, since the lot fell in their favor first.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for the first lot has been theirs;

Majority Standard Bible
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:

New American Bible
and assigned them to the descendants of Aaron in the Kohathite clan of the Levites, since the first lot fell to them:

NET Bible
They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.

New Revised Standard Version
which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites who belonged to the Levites, since the lot fell to them first.

New Heart English Bible
and they were for the descendants of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the people of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

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Context
Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites
9From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name 10 to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them: 11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)…

Cross References
Numbers 3:27
From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.

Joshua 21:9
From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name

Joshua 21:11
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

1 Chronicles 6:54
Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:


Treasury of Scripture

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.

Joshua 21:4
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.

Exodus 6:18,20-26
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years…

Numbers 3:2-4,19,27
And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar…

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1. Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of the other tribes unto the Levites.
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
to the descendants
לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Aaron
אַהֲרֹ֔ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

from the Kohathite
הַקְּהָתִ֖י (haq·qə·hā·ṯî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6956: Kohathites -- descendant of Kohath

clans
מִמִּשְׁפְּח֥וֹת (mim·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people

of the Levites,
מִבְּנֵ֣י (mib·bə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the first
רִיאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (rî·šō·nāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank

lot
הַגּוֹרָ֖ל (hag·gō·w·rāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting)

fell
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to them:
לָהֶ֛ם (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They


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