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A Conservative Version
All [these were] the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
New American Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.
International Standard Version
So the entire allocation to the descendants of Merari (that is, the rest of the families of the descendants of Levi) according to their families totaled twelve cities.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
All the cities to the sons of Merari according to their families, those remaining from the families of the Levites, it shall be their lot twelve cities.
King James 2000
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, who were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All [these were] the cities of the descendants of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities.
Modern King James verseion
All the cities for the sons of Merari by their families which were left of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
NET Bible
The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.
New Heart English Bible
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
The Emphasized Bible
All the cities for the sons of Merari, by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, yea their lot was, twelve, cities.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 21:40
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Cities Of Merari's Descendants
39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. 40 All [these were] the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. 41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.