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KJV Lexicon So all the cities`iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. for the children ben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. of Merari Mrariy (mer-aw-ree') bitter; Merari, an Israelite -- Merari. by their families mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people -- family, kind(-red). which were remaining yathar (yaw-thar') to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve of the families mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people -- family, kind(-red). of the Levites Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee') a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite. were by their lot gowral (go-rawl') properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot) -- lot. twelve shnayim (shen-ah'-yim) two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two. `asar (aw-sawr') ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th). cities `iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. King James Bible So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. Holman Christian Standard Bible All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari's descendants, the remaining Levite clans. International Standard Version So the entire allocation to the descendants of Merari (that is, the rest of the families of the descendants of Levi) according to their families totaled twelve cities. NET Bible The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities. GOD'S WORD® Translation All these cities belonged to the families of Merari. They were the last of the families of Levi. These 12 cities were chosen by lot. King James 2000 Bible So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, who were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. Links Joshua 21:40Joshua 21:40 NIV Joshua 21:40 NLT Joshua 21:40 ESV Joshua 21:40 NASB Joshua 21:40 KJV |
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