Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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(6-51) And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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- Joshua 21:20-26 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands, Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities. Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities. Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities. All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Of their coasts, or, of their borders, i.e. of…
Of their coasts, or, of their borders, i.e. of their country contained within its borders, as that word is oft used, as hath been noted before.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Coasts - Or, of their borders, of their country…
Coasts - Or, of their borders, of their country contained within its borders.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 6:66. Had cities of their coasts — Or,…
1Ch 6:66. Had cities of their coasts — Or, of their borders, that is, of their country contained within its borders: these cities were assigned the families of the sons of Kohath, though they were not priests, for their support in a lower ministry.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The cities, or rather "some cities," as all were…
The cities, or rather "some cities," as all were not in the tribe of Ephraim. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 66–70 (= Jos_21:20-25). The [ten] cities of the non-Aaronite…
66–70 (= Jos_21:20-25). The [ten] cities of the non-Aaronite Kohathites
66. the residue of the families] R.V. some of the families.
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of their coasts] R.V. of their borders.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (66) And the residue of the families.—The Hebrew text…
(66) And the residue of the families.—The Hebrew text can hardly mean this; and Jos_21:20 shows that it is incorrect. The original text must have been, “And to the families of the sons of Kohath:—and the cities of their border were of the tribe of Ephraim.” The construction breaks off, and a new start is made by the words “and the cities,” &c. The verse is abridged as compared with Joshua, 50100
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Kohathites
This is the name of a people group, the descendants of Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:1). See how you translated this family name in 1 Chronicles 6:33.
Shechem ... Gezer ... Jokmeam ... Beth Horon ... Aijalon ... Gath Rimmon
These are the names of towns. (See: How to Translate Names)
its pasturelands
the land with grass for animals to eat. See how you translated this in 1 Chronicles 5:16.
translationWords
clan
tribe
Ephraim
Shechem
refuge
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