1 Chronicles 6:63
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.”
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“The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 6:63 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
- Deuteronomy 4:43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
- Joshua 21:7And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
- Joshua 21:34This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given:
- 1 Chronicles 6:77The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
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