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Joshua 21:5

The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrative addresses the Israelite tribes during the post-conquest land distribution, recording how Joshua assigns Levitical cities by lot.

The words — קְהָת (Kohath) identifies the specific Levitical lineage, and הַנּוֹתָרִים (ha-notarim) literally means “which remained,” marking a distinct subset of that family.

The thread — This allotment follows the same lot-distribution pattern established in Joshua 21:4 and 21:6, while the Kohathite line itself is first named in Genesis 46:11 and Exodus 6:16.

Why it lands — It requires the reader to track how specific tribal inheritances are calculated and recorded, confirming that the Kohathite clans received their ten cities directly from Ephraim, Dan, and half of Manasseh.

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The Hebrew words

וְלִבְנֵ֨יve./li/v.Neiand/ [belonged] to/ [the] descendants ofקְהָ֜תke.HatKohathהַנּוֹתָרִ֗יםha./no.ta.Rimwhich/ remainedמִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣תmi./mish.pe.Chotfrom/ [the] clans ofמַטֵּֽה־ma.teh-[the] tribe ofאֶ֠פְרַיִם'Ef.ra.yimEphraimוּֽמִמַּטֵּה־u./mi./ma.teh-and/ from/ [the] tribe ofדָ֞ןdanDanוּמֵחֲצִ֨יu./me./cha.Tziand/ from/ [the] half ofמַטֵּ֧הma.Teh[the] tribe ofמְנַשֶּׁ֛הme.na.ShehManassehבַּגּוֹרָ֖לba./go.Ralby the/ lotעָרִ֥ים'a.Rimcitiesעָֽשֶׂר׃ ס'A.serten

King James Version

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

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