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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_went_out the_lot for_families the_Qₑhātī and_he/it_was for_descendants of_ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer of the_Levites from_tribes of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_from_tribe the_Shimˊōn and_from_tribe of_Binyāmīn in/on/at/with_lot cities thir- teen.
OET (OET-RV) The first draw went to those of the Kohat clans who were descendants of Aharon the priest (from the Levites). They were allocated thirteen cities in the regions occupied by Yehudah, Shim’on, and Benyamin.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַגּוֹרָ֖ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַקְּהָתִ֑י וַיְהִ֡י לִבְנֵי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִן הַלְוִיִּ֗ם בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל עָרִ֖ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה
and=he/it_went_out the,lot for,families the,Kohathites and=he/it_was for,descendants ʼAhₐron the=priest/officer from/more_than the,Levites (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went_out the,lot for,families the,Kohathites and=he/it_was for,descendants ʼAhₐron the=priest/officer from/more_than the,Levites from,tribes Yehuda and,from,tribe the,Simeon and,from,tribe Binyāmīn in/on/at/with,lot towns three teen )
The author assumes that readers will understand that the leaders decided to assign cities to the groups of Levites in a particular order (Kohathite priests, Kohathite non-priests, Gershonites, and Merarites) and then cast lots to see which cities would go to each group. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “The leaders started by casting lots to decide which cities would belong to the Levites from the Kohathite clan who were priests, descendants of Aaron. The lot selected 13 cities for them”
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.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_went_out the_lot for_families the_Qₑhātī and_he/it_was for_descendants of_ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer of the_Levites from_tribes of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_from_tribe the_Shimˊōn and_from_tribe of_Binyāmīn in/on/at/with_lot cities thir- teen.
OET (OET-RV) The first draw went to those of the Kohat clans who were descendants of Aharon the priest (from the Levites). They were allocated thirteen cities in the regions occupied by Yehudah, Shim’on, and Benyamin.
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.