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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV JOS 21:4 verse available
OET-LV And_he/it_went_out the_lot for_families the_Kohathites and_he/it_was for_descendants of_ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer of the_Levites from_tribes of_Yəhūdāh and_from_tribe the_Shimˊōn and_from_tribe of_Binyāmīn in/on/at/with_lot cities thir- teen.
UHB וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַגּוֹרָ֖ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַקְּהָתִ֑י וַיְהִ֡י לִבְנֵי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִן־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם מִמַּטֵּ֣ה יְ֠הוּדָה וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֜י וּמִמַּטֵּ֤ה בִנְיָמִן֙ בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל עָרִ֖ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ס ‡
(vayyēʦēʼ haggōrāl ləmishəpəḩot haqqəhātiy vayəhiy liⱱənēy ʼahₐron haⱪohēn min-haləviyyim mimmaţţēh yəhūdāh ūmimmaţţēh hashshimˊoniy ūmimmaţţēh ⱱinyāmin baggōrāl ˊāriym shəlosh ˊesrēh.ş)
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ULT And the lot went out for the clans of the Kohathites. And there were 13 cities by the lot for the sons of Aaron the priest (from the Levites) from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonite and from the tribe of Benjamin.
UST First Israelite leaders cast lots to assign some cities to the descendants of Kohath. These were clans that were the descendants of Aaron. They assigned thirteen cities in areas that the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin possessed.
BSB • The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
OEB No OEB JOS 21:4 verse available
WEB 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.
NET The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
LSV and the lot goes out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities by lot,
FBV The lot was cast for the families of the Kothaites. These Levites, descendants of Aaron, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.[fn]
21:4 Towns previously allotted.
T4T First they allotted some cities to the Kohath clans, who belonged to the tribe of Levi. To those who were descendants of the first Supreme Priest Aaron, they allotted 13 towns in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
LEB The allotment fell[fn] for the families of the Kohathites.[fn] The descendants[fn] of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites,received[fn] by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
BBE And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
MOF Thirteen towns fell by lot to the Kohathite families the sons of Aaron the priest, who were Levites, from the clan of Judah, the clan of the Simeonites, and the clan of the Benjamites.
JPS And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
ASV And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
DRA And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
YLT And the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities,
DBY And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
RV 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 the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
WBS And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who 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.
KJB 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.
(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 Yudahh, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. )
BB And the lot came out for the kynred of the Caathites: the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Leuites, had geuen them by lot out of the tribe of Iuda, out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin, thirteene cities.
(And the lot came out for the kynred of the Caathites: the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had given them by lot out of the tribe of Yudah, out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin, thirteene cities.)
GNV And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron ye Priest, which were of the Leuites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Iudah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin thirteene cities.
(And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron ye/you_all Priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Yudahh, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin thirteene cities. )
CB And the lot fell vpon the kynred of the Kahathites, and the children of Aaron the prest amonge the Leuites, had by the lott thyrtene cities of the trybe of Iuda, of the trybe of Simeon, and of the trybe of Ben Iamin.
(And the lot fell upon the kynred of the Kahathites, and the children of Aaron the priest among the Levites, had by the lott thyrtene cities of the tribe of Yudah, of the tribe of Simeon, and of the tribe of Ben Iamin.)
WYC And the lot yede out in to the meynee of Caath, of the sones of Aaron, preest, of the lynages of Juda, and of Symeon, and of Beniamyn, threttene citees;
(And the lot went out in to the meynee of Caath, of the sons of Aaron, preest, of the lynages of Yudah, and of Symeon, and of Beniamyn, threttene cities;)
LUT Und das Los fiel auf das Geschlecht der Kahathiter, und wurden den Kindern Aarons, des Priesters, aus den Leviten durchs Los dreizehn Städte: von dem Stamm Juda, von dem Stamm Simeon und von dem Stamm Benjamin.
(And the Los fiel on the Geschlecht the Kahathiter, and became the Kindern Aarons, the Priesters, out of the Leviten durchs Los threezehn Städte: from to_him Stamm Yuda, from to_him Stamm Simeon and from to_him Stamm Benjamin.)
CLV Egressaque est sors in familiam Caath filiorum Aaron sacerdotis, de tribubus Juda, et Simeon, et Benjamin, civitates tredecim:
(Egressaque it_is sors in familiam Caath filiorum Aaron sacerdotis, about tribubus Yuda, and Simeon, and Benyamin, civitates tredecim: )
BRN And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities [fn]out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
21:4 Gr. from.
BrLXX Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ κλῆρος τῷ δήμῳ Καάθ· καὶ ἐγένετο τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἀαρὼν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τοῖς Λευίταις ἀπὸ φυλῆς Ἰούδα καὶ ἀπὸ φυλῆς Συμεὼν καὶ ἀπὸ φυλῆς Βενιαμὶν κληρωτὶ, πόλεις δεκατρεῖς.
(Kai exaʸlthen ho klaʸros tōi daʸmōi Kaʼath; kai egeneto tois huiois Aʼarōn tois hiereusi tois Leuitais apo fulaʸs Youda kai apo fulaʸs Sumeōn kai apo fulaʸs Beniamin klaʸrōti, poleis dekatreis. )
21:4 The descendants of Aaron served as Israel’s priests. The cities they received were allotted by sacred lots. The priestly towns were in the tribal territories closest to Jerusalem, where the Temple was later built.
וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַגּוֹרָ֖ל
and=he/it_went_out the,lot
A random method of choosing to remove the choice from the leader’s will, often done with the idea that God will decide the outcome. See how you translated this in Joshua 19:1.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
הַקְּהָתִ֑י
the,Kohathites
This priests in this group were descendants of Levi’s son Kohath. A portion of them were also descendants of Aaron, Kohath’s grandson.