Strong's Lexicon The Merarites לִבְנֵ֨י (liḇ·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class מְרָרִ֜י (mə·rā·rî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4847: Merari = 'bitter' 1) the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family according to their families, לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗ם (lə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4940: 1) clan, family 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats were allotted בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל (bag·gō·w·rāl) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1486: 1) lot 1a) lot-pebbles used for systematically making decisions 2) portion 2a) lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots) 2b) recompense, retribution twelve שְׁתֵּ֥ים (šə·têm) Number - fd Strong's Hebrew 8147: 1) two 1a) two (the cardinal number) 1a1) two, both, double, twice 1b) second (the ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers 1d) both (a dual number) עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ (‘eś·rêh) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6240: 1) ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers) 1a) used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19 cities עָרִ֖ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 5892: 1) excitement, anguish 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town from the tribes מִמַּטֵּ֣ה (mim·maṭ·ṭêh) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4294: 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally) of Reuben, רְ֠אוּבֵן (rə·’ū·ḇên) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7205: Reuben = 'behold a son' 1) the eldest son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Reuben 3) the territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben וּֽמִמַּטֵּה־ (ū·mim·maṭ·ṭêh-) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4294: 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally) Gad, גָ֞ד (ḡāḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1410: Gad = 'troop' 1) seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher. 2) the tribe descended from Gad 3) a prophet during the time of David; appears to have joined David when in the hold; reappears in connection with the punishment for taking a census; also assisted in the arrangements for the musical service of the 'house of God' וּמִמַּטֵּ֤ה (ū·mim·maṭ·ṭêh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4294: 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally) and Zebulun. זְבוּלֻן֙ (zə·ḇū·lun) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2074: Zebulun = 'exalted' n pr m 1) the 10th of the sons of Jacob, 6th and last of Leah; progenitor of Zebulun 2) the tribe descended from Zebulun n pr loc 3) the land allocated to the tribe of Zebulun Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. Young's Literal Translation 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible The Merarites were assigned by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families. New American Standard Bible To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. King James Bible 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. Parallel Verses New International Version The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun. New Living Translation The descendants of Merari received by sacred lots twelve towns from the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. English Standard Version To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. New American Standard Bible To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible The Merarites were assigned by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families. International Standard Version The descendants of Merari were allotted 12 towns according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. NET Bible The clans of Merari's descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. American Standard Version 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. English Revised Version 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. Young's Literal Translation 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. Cross References Joshua 21:7 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. Joshua 21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 1 Chronicles 1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1 Chronicles 6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 1 Chronicles 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. 1 Chronicles 6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 1 Chronicles 6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names. 1 Chronicles 6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 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