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OET (OET-RV) Then the leaders of the Levites went to Eleazar the priest and to Yehoshua (Nun’s son) and to the Israeli elders
OET-LV and_approached the_heads of_the_fathers the_Levites to ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer and_near/to Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the_son of_Nūn and_near/to the_heads of_the_fathers the_tribes of_sons of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
UHB וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֗וּ רָאשֵׁי֙ אֲב֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶל־אֶלְעָזָר֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן־נ֑וּן וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֛י אֲב֥וֹת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ‡
(vayyiggəshū rāʼshēy ʼₐⱱōt haləviyyim ʼel-ʼelˊāzār hakkohēn vəʼel-yəhōshuˊa bin-nūn vəʼel-rāʼshēy ʼₐⱱōt hammaţţōt liⱱənēy yisrāʼēl.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ προσήλθοσαν οἱ ἀρχιπατριῶται τῶν υἱῶν Λευὶ πρὸς Ἐλεάζαρ τὸν ἱερέα, καὶ Ἰησοῦν τὸν τοῦ Ναυῆ, καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἀρχιφύλους πατριῶν ἐκ τῶν φυλῶν Ἰσραήλ·
(Kai prosaʸlthosan hoi arⱪipatriōtai tōn huiōn Leui pros Eleazar ton hierea, kai Yaʸsoun ton tou Nauaʸ, kai pros tous arⱪifulous patriōn ek tōn fulōn Israaʸl; )
BrTr And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.
ULT And the heads of the fathers of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
UST The leaders of the clans of the Levites came to Shiloh to speak with Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the clans of the people of Israel.
BSB § Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
OEB No OEB JOS 21:1 verse available
WEBBE 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.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders
LSV And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel,
FBV The leaders of the tribe of Levi approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders of the Israelite tribes.
T4T While Eleazar the Supreme Priest and Joshua and the leaders of all the Israeli tribes were at Shiloh, the leaders of the clans of the tribe of Levi went to them and said, “Yahweh commanded Moses that you should give us towns where we can have pasture/fields/grassland for our animals, but you have not done these things yet.”
LEB Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the tribes of the Israelites.[fn]
21:1 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
BBE Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Moff Then the headmen of the Levites appeared before Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the headmen of the clans of Israel at Shilo in the land of Canaan,
JPS Then came near the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
ASV Then came near the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
DRA Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel:
YLT And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel,
Drby Then the chief fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
RV Then came near the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Wbstr Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
KJB-1769 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
KJB-1611 ¶ Then came neere the heads of the fathers of the Leuites vnto Eleazar the Priest, and vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and vnto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps And then came the principall fathers of ye Leuites vnto Eleazar the priest, and vnto Iosuah the sonne of Nun, & vnto the auncient fathers that were ouer ye tribes of the children of Israel.
(And then came the principall fathers of ye/you_all Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Yoshua the son of Nun, and unto the auncient fathers that were over ye/you_all tribes of the children of Israel.)
Gnva Then came the principall fathers of the Leuites vnto Eleazar the Priest, and vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and vnto the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,
(Then came the principall fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the Priest, and unto Yoshua the son of Nun, and unto the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, )
Cvdl Then the chefe fathers amonge the Leuites came forth vnto Eleasar the prest and to Iosua the sonne of Nun, and to ye awncient fathers amoge the trybes of the children of Israel,
(Then the chief fathers among the Levites came forth unto Eleasar the priest and to Yoshua the son of Nun, and to ye/you_all awncient fathers among the tribes of the children of Israel,)
Wycl And the princes of meynees of Leuy neiyiden to Eleazar, preest, and to Josue, sone of Nun, and to the duykis of kynredis, bi alle the lynagis of the sones of Israel;
(And the princes of meynees of Leuy neiyiden to Eleazar, priest, and to Yosue, son of Nun, and to the duykis of kynredis, by all the lynagis of the sons of Israel;)
Luth Da traten herzu die obersten Väter unter den Leviten zu dem Priester Eleasar und Josua, dem Sohn Nuns, und zu den obersten Vätern unter den Stämmen der Kinder Israel;
(So traten herzu the obersten fathers under the Leviten to to_him priest(s) Eleasar and Yosua, to_him son Nuns, and to the obersten Vätern under the Stämmen the/of_the children Israel;)
ClVg Accesseruntque principes familiarum Levi ad Eleazarum sacerdotem, et Josue filium Nun, et ad duces cognationum per singulas tribus filiorum Israël:[fn]
(Accesseruntque principes familiarum Levi to Eleazarum sacerdotem, and Yosue son Nun, and to duces cognationum through singulas tribus of_children Israel: )
21.1 Accesserunt. ADAM., hom. 25 in Jos. Omnes filii Isræl acceperunt sortes suas in terra, etc., usque ad et recumbet cum Abraham, cum Isaac et Jacob in regno cœlorum. ADAMANT. hom. 26. Supra dictum est, etc., usque ad orbem terræ implevit, et dona spiritalia credentibus tribuit.
21.1 Accesserunt. ADAM., hom. 25 in Yos. All_of_them children Isræl acceperunt sortes their_own in terra, etc., until to and recumbet when/with Abraham, when/with Isaac and Yacob in regno cœlorum. ADAMANT. hom. 26. Supra dictum it_is, etc., until to orbem terræ implevit, and dona spiritalia credentibus tribuit.
21:1-8 The towns given to the tribe of Levi were determined by lot (see study note on 7:16-18) by Israel’s leaders.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
And the heads of the fathers of & the heads of the fathers of
(Some words not found in UHB: and,approached heads families the,Levites to/towards ʼElˊāzār the=priest/officer and=near/to Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son Nūn and=near/to heads families the,tribes of,sons Yisrael )
See how you translated the same expression in 14:1. Alternate translation: “And the heads of the father’s houses of ... the heads of the father’s houses of” or “And the men who led the extended families of ... the men who led the extended families of”