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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was to_the_descendants_of ʼAhₐron one_of_the_clans_of the_Qəhātite[s] from_(the)_sons of_Lēvī if/because to/for_them it_belonged the_lot first.
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites,
They gave these towns to the descendants of Aaron, who belonged to the Kohath family in the clan of Levi,
They gave these towns to the descendants of Aaron. The descendants of Aaron were one of the families of the Kohath people, from the clan of Levi.
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites: The Hebrew text begins a new sentence here.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
These towns belonged to the descendants of Aaron, who were one of the families of the Kohath people, from the clan of Levi.
These towns were given to the descendants of Aaron, who belonged to the Kohath family in the clan of Levi.
because the first lot fell to them:
because they received the first lot.
They got their land first because the first lot pointed to them.
because the first lot fell to them: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
because the first lot pointed to them
because they received the first lot
Note 1 topic: translate-ordinal
הַגּוֹרָ֖ל רִיאשֹׁנָֽה
the,lot first
If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [lot number one]
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was to_the_descendants_of ʼAhₐron one_of_the_clans_of the_Qəhātite[s] from_(the)_sons of_Lēvī if/because to/for_them it_belonged the_lot first.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.