World English Bible
"and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot."
— Joshua 21:10, World English Bible
“Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.”
“and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. ”
“They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.”
“To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)”
“These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.”
“Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.”
The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,