Joshua 21:4 - Tree of Life Version

⁴ the lot came out for the clan of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the kohen, who were of the Levites, received 13 towns by lot from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Simeon and the tribe of Benjamin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ The [first] lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin thirteen cities.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Common English Bible

⁴ The lot went out for the clans of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the priest from among the Levites acquired thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And the lot went out for the family of Kohath, of the sons of Aaron, the priest, from the tribes of Judah and Simeon and Benjamin: thirteen cities.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest, out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Joshua 21:4 Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:39

Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their territories. To Aaron’s sons of the Kohathite families (for theirs was the first lot),

Exodus 6:16

These are the names of the sons of Levi ­according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

Exodus 6:20

Amram married Jochebed, his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

Numbers 3:27

To Kohath belonged the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites. These were the Kohathite families.

Joshua 21:3

So Bnei-Yisrael gave to the Levites from their inheritance, according to the command of Adonai, these towns and their pastures:

Joshua 21:5

The rest of the children of Kohath received 10 towns by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 24:33

Then Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah, which had been given to Phinehas his son, in the hill country of Ephraim.