NEH 11:36 Parallel Verse View

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UST Some Levites who had previously lived in the territory of Judah went and settled in the land that had belonged to the old tribe of Benjamin.

OEB And of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin.

WEBBE Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah settled in Benjamin’s territory.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Some of the Judean divisions of the Levites settled in Benjamin.

LSV And of the Levites, the divisions of Judah [are] for Benjamin.

FBV Some divisions of the Levites of Judah also settled in Benjamin.

T4T Some of the groups of the descendants of Levi who had lived in Judea were sent to live with the people of the tribe of Benjamin.

LEB And from the Levites the working groups of Judah were assigned to Benjamin.

BBE And of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin.

Moff No Moff NEH book available

JPS And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.

ASV And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.

DRA And of the Levites were portions of Juda and Benjamin.

YLT And of the Levites, the courses of Judah [are] for Benjamin.

Drby And of the Levites there were divisions of Judah [dwelling] in Benjamin.

RV And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.

Wbstr And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.

KJB-1769 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
(And of the Levites were divisions in Yudah, and in Benjamin. )

KJB-1611 And of the Leuites, were diuisions in Iudah, and in Beniamin.
(And of the Levites, were diuisions in Yudah, and in Benyamin.)

Bshps And the Leuites had possession both in Iuda and in Beniamin.
(And the Levites had possession both in Yudah and in Benyamin.)

Gnva And of the Leuites were diuisions in Iudah and in Beniamin.
(And of the Levites were diuisions in Yudah and in Benyamin. )

Cvdl And certayne of the Leuites yt had porcions in Iuda, dwelt in Ben Iamin.
(And certain of the Levites it had porcions in Yudah, dwelt in Ben Yamin.)

Wycl And of dekenes, `the porciouns of Juda and of Beniamyn.
(And of deacons, `the porciouns of Yudah and of Benyamin.)

Luth Und etliche Leviten, die Teil in Juda hatten, wohneten unter Benjamin.
(And several Leviten, the Teil in Yuda hatten, livedn under Benyamin.)

ClVg Et de Levitis portiones Judæ et Benjamin.
(And about Levitis portiones Yudæ and Benyamin. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וּ⁠מִן

and=from

This phrase indicates that yet another group will now be in focus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate this contrast with an expression such as “finally” (since this is also the last group on the list). Alternate translation: “Finally, from”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ⁠מִן־הַ⁠לְוִיִּ֔ם מַחְלְק֥וֹת יְהוּדָ֖ה לְ⁠בִנְיָמִֽין

and=from the,Levites divisions Yehuda to,Benjamin

Here the list is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would ordinarily need in order to be complete. The meaning seems to be that certain sections of the Levite community that had previously lived in the territory that had belonged to the tribe of Judah went to live in the territory that had belonged to the tribe of Benjamin rather than returning to their former homeland. Alternate translation: “some of the Levites whose families had lived in the territory of Judah now went to live in the territory of Benjamin”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠מִן־הַ⁠לְוִיִּ֔ם מַחְלְק֥וֹת יְהוּדָ֖ה לְ⁠בִנְיָמִֽין

and=from the,Levites divisions Yehuda to,Benjamin

The book does not say explicitly why these Levites moved to a different area. However, one reasonable inference in light of the overall themes of the book of Nehemiah is that they did this so that there would be people throughout the entire area where the Israelites were living who could explain the law to them. If that would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: “some of the Levites whose families had lived in the territory of Judah now went to live in the territory of Benjamin so that they could teach God’s law to the people living there”

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