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.


In Context

7 The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

8 The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.

9 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 mentioned by name:

10 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.

11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

12 But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Joshua 21:10 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:10(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):

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 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.