3The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.


In Context

1 Then the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, |Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock.|

3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.

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

5 The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 21:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:3So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:3And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:3And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.