| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Joshua 21:1:1 ⧉וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ֗vayigshuthen approached Joshua 21:1:2 ⧉רָאשֵׁי֙rasheithe heads Joshua 21:1:3 ⧉אֲב֣וֹתavotof the fathers Joshua 21:1:4 ⧉הַלְוִיִּ֔םhalviyimof the Levites Joshua 21:1:5 ⧉אֶל־אֶלְעָזָר֙elelazarto Eleazar Joshua 21:1:6 ⧉הַכֹּהֵ֔ןhakohenthe priest Joshua 21:1:7 ⧉וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַveelyehoshuaand to Joshua Joshua 21:1:8 ⧉בִּן־נ֑וּןbinnunson of Nun Joshua 21:1:9 ⧉וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֛יveelrasheiand to the heads Joshua 21:1:10 ⧉אֲב֥וֹתavotof the fathers Joshua 21:1:11 ⧉הַמַּטּ֖וֹתhammatotof the tribes Joshua 21:1:12 ⧉לִבְנֵ֥יlivneiof the sons Joshua 21:1:13 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yisraelof Israel |
| 1. Formal Translation Then the heads of the ancestral households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation The leaders of the Levite families went to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel. |