2tnHeb “and it belonged to the sons of Aaron, from the Kohathite clans, from the sons of Levi.”
3tn The words “they assigned” are supplied for clarification (also in vv. 23, 25).
4tn The name “Gath Rimmon” is problematic here, for it appears in the preceding list of Danite cities. The LXX reads “Iebatha”; 1 Chr 6:55 HT (6:70 ET) reads “Bileam.” Most modern translations retain the name “Gath Rimmon,” however.
5tn The words “they assigned” and “the following cities” are supplied for clarification (also in v. 34).
6tc21:36-37 are accidentally omitted from a number of significant Hebrew mss. They are, however, found in some Hebrew mss, the LXX and Vulgate.
7tnHeb “in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel.”
8tnHeb “these cities were city [by] city, and its grazing areas [were] around it; so [it was] for all these cities.”
9tnHeb “which he had sworn to give to their fathers.”
10tn Or “possessed.”
11tnHeb “gave them rest all around.”
12tnHeb “according to all he swore to their fathers.”
13tnHeb “not a man stood from before them from all their enemies.”
14tnHeb “the house of Israel.” Cf. NCV “the Israelites”; TEV “the people of Israel”; CEV, NLT “Israel.”
15tnHeb “not a word from all the good word which the Lord spoke to the house of Israel fell; the whole came to pass.”