The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
NIV
The Merarites received according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun twelve cities.
AMP
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
KJV
The first lot came out for the Kohathites, according to their clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.
NIV
The [first] lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin thirteen cities.
AMP
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
KJV
From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name
NIV
They gave from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities here mentioned by name
AMP
And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name.
KJV
At Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock."
NIV
They said to them at Shiloh in Canaan, The Lord commanded through Moses that we should be given cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands (suburbs) for our cattle.
AMP
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
KJV
The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hands.
NIV
The Lord gave them rest round about, just as He had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies withstood them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.
AMP
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
KJV
The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.
NIV
So all the cities allotted to the Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the Levite families, were twelve cities.
AMP
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.
KJV
