Joshua 21:27
ContextNET © | They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: 1 from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of two cities; |
NIV © | The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshtarah, together with their pasture-lands—two towns; |
NASB © | To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities. |
NLT © | The descendants of Gershon, another clan within the tribe of Levi, received two towns with their pasturelands from the half–tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge) and Be–eshterah. |
MSG © | The Gershonite families of the tribe of Levi were given from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (an asylum-city for the unconvicted killer), and Be Eshtarah, with their pastures--two cities. |
BBE © | And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns. |
NRSV © | To the Gershonites, one of the families of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, and Beeshterah with its pasture lands—two towns. |
NKJV © | Also to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half–tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its common–land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common–land: two cities; |
KJV | And unto the children <01121> of Gershon <01648>_, of the families <04940> of the Levites <03881>_, out of the [other] half <02677> tribe <04294> of Manasseh <04519> [they gave] Golan <01474> in Bashan <01316> with her suburbs <04054>_, [to be] a city <05892> of refuge <04733> and Beeshterah <01203> with her suburbs <04054>_; two <08147> cities <05892>_. |
NASB © | To the sons <01121> of Gershon <01648> , one of the families <04940> of the Levites <03881> , from the half-tribe <02677> , they gave Golan <01474> in Bashan <01316> , the city <05892> of refuge <04733> for the manslayer <07523> , with its pasture <04054> lands <04054> , and Be-eshterah <01203> with its pasture <04054> lands <04054> ; two <08147> cities .<05892> |
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NET © [draft] ITL | They assigned <04054> to the <0853> Gershonite <01648> clans <04940> of the Levites <03881> the following cities: from the half-tribe <02677> of Manasseh <04519> : Golan <01474> in Bashan <01316> (a city <05892> of refuge <04733> for one who <07523> committed manslaughter <04054> ) and Beeshtarah <01203> , along with the grazing areas <04054> of each– a total of two <08147> cities ;<05892> |
NET © | They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: 1 from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of two cities; |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The words “they assigned” and “the following cities” are supplied for clarification (also in v. 34). |