Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth">3318 [e] וַיֵּצֵ֥א way-yê-ṣê And came out Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1a) lot-pebbles used for systematically making decisions 2) portion 2a) lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots) 2b) recompense, retribution">1486 [e] הַגּוֹרָ֖ל hag-gō-w-rāl the lot Art | N-ms 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats">4940 [e] לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת lə-miš-pə-ḥōṯ for the families Prep-l | N-fpc 1) the descendants of Kohath, the 2nd son of Levi">6956 [e] הַקְּהָתִ֑י haq-qə-hā-ṯî; of the Kohathites Art | N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וַיְהִ֡י way-hî And had Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 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">1121 [e] לִבְנֵי֩ liḇ-nê the sons [who were] Prep-l | N-mpc 1) brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest">175 [e] אַהֲרֹ֨ן ’a-hă-rōn of Aaron N-proper-ms 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest">3548 [e] הַכֹּהֵ֜ן hak-kō-hên the priest Art | N-ms 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that">4480 [e] מִן־ min- of Prep 1) the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah 1a) the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service">3881 [e] הַלְוִיִּ֗ם hal-wî-yim, the Levites Art | N-proper-mp 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)">4294 [e] מִמַּטֵּ֣ה mim-maṭ-ṭêh from the tribe Prep-m | N-msc 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah">3063 [e] יְ֠הוּדָה yə-hū-ḏāh of Judah N-proper-ms 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)">4294 [e] וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה ū-mim-maṭ-ṭêh and from the tribe Conj-w, Prep-m | N-msc 1) descendants of Simeon">8099 [e] הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֜י haš-šim-‘ō-nî of the Simeonite Art | N-proper-ms 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)">4294 [e] וּמִמַּטֵּ֤ה ū-mim-maṭ-ṭêh and from the tribe Conj-w, Prep-m | N-msc 1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother 2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife 4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob">1144 [e] בִנְיָמִן֙ ḇin-yā-min of Benjamin N-proper-ms 1a) lot-pebbles used for systematically making decisions 2) portion 2a) lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots) 2b) recompense, retribution">1486 [e] בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל bag-gō-w-rāl, by lot Prep-b, Art | N-ms 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town">5892 [e] עָרִ֖ים ‘ā-rîm cities N-fp 1a) 3, 300, third">7969 [e] שְׁלֹ֥שׁ šə-lōš Three Number-fsc 1a) used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19">6240 [e] עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ ‘eś-rêh. [and] ten Number-fs   ס s - Punc

New American Standard Bible
Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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