10(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):


In Context

7 The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

8 So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

9 From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name

10 (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):

11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

12 But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

Joshua 21:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:10Which 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:10To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:10and 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:10and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:10and 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:10Which 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:10and 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:10and 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:10Which 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.