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Joshua 21:40

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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.
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Joshua 21:40

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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remaining

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of remain. Sense 1: To be left or still exist after others are gone, removed, consumed, or destroyed. Sense 2: To stay, abide, or continue in a place, state, condition, or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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lot

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1. An object cast or drawn to decide or assign a matter. 2. A portion, inheritance, office, place, or condition assigned or allotted.

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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,

21:35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

21:36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

21:37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

21:38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

21:39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

21:40So 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.

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21:41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

21:42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

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