Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 21:10:
- Kupsabiny: “The first city given to the house of Aaron was Kiriath-arba in the highland of Judah. (Anak was the grandchild/descendant of Arba and Kiriath-arba is today called Hebron which is one of (those cities) where people may flee to.)” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “These cities were for the descendants of Aaron of the Kohathite clan of the tribe of Levi. For the first lot fell to them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “These are the names of the towns/cities from the land[s] of the tribes of Juda and Simeon that were-given to the descendants of Aaron. They (were) descendants of Kohat the child/(son) of Levi. They (were) the first-(ones) to-whom the lot-fell to-be-given towns/cities.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “First, they allotted cities to the members of the Kohath clans.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
