Joshua 21:40 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.

English ASV

All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

English Amplified

So all the cities allotted to the Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the Levite families, were twelve cities.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So all the cities allotted to the Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the Levite families, were twelve cities.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

All twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

[These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.

English EASY 2024

So the clans of Merari received 12 towns. That was all the Levite clans.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

In all, the last family of Levites, the Merari family, got twelve towns.

As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

So the clan of Merari was assigned a total of twelve cities.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari's descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

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.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So twelve cities were allotted for the descendants of Merari according to their clans (the remaining Levite clans).

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The cities which were allotted to the Merarite clans, the last of the Levites, were therefore twelve in all.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So the total number of towns that were given to the family groups of Merari was 12. That concludes the list of towns the rest of the Levites received.

English NIV

All the towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, were twelve.

English NKJ 1982

So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

English NLT

So twelve towns were allotted to the clan of Merari.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

As for the towns of the several Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the families of the Levites, those allotted to them were twelve in all.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Merarite clans of the remaining Levites received twelve cities in all.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

As for the cities of the several Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the families of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So the Merari division of the Levites was given twelve cities in all.

English Tyndale 1537

so that all the cities of the children of Merari in their kindreds, which were the rest of the kindreds of the Levites, were by their lot, twelve cities.

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