Joshua 21:26
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
Joshua 21:26 in other translations
| BSB | In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans. |
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| WEB | All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands. |
| ASV | All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs. |
| YLT | all the cities are ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left. |
| DARBY | All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. |
| BBE | All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands. |
| Webster | All the cities were ten with their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. |
What does Joshua 21:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 21:9-40
Jos 21:9-42. The Cities of the Priests. 9-40. they gave ... these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 21:9-42
By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities. Thus did God graciously provide for keeping up religion among them, and that they might have the word in all parts of the land. Yet, blessed be God, we have the gospel more…
Joshua 21:26 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Joshua 21:25
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath–rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
- Joshua 21:26
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
- Joshua 21:27
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh–terah with her suburbs; two cities.
Joshua 21:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todas las villas para el resto de las familias de los hijos de Coath fueron diez con sus ejidos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En tout dix villes et leurs banlieues, pour les familles des autres fils de Kehath. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aller Städte waren zehn und ihre Bezirke, für die Familien der übrigen Söhne Kehaths. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnes civitates decem, et suburbana earum, datæ sunt filiis Caath inferioris gradus. |