complete verse (Joshua 21:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 21:9:

  • 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: “From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they received cities with names like this –” (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: “These are the names of the cities and surrounding pasturelands that were allotted to them, that were in the areas where the tribes of Judah and Simeon lived.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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