“And of the Leuites, were diuisions in Iudah, and in Beniamin.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
And of the Levites [were] divisions [in] Judah, [and] in Benjamin.
- King James Version
From the Levites, {some} divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah `were joined' to Benjamin.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
- Basic English Bible
And of the Levites there were divisions of Judah [dwelling] in Benjamin.
- Darby Bible
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
- Webster's Bible
Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.
- World English Bible
And of the Levites, the courses of Judah [are] for Benjamin.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Nehemiah 11:36
11:36 Divisions - Or, for the Levites (those who were not settled in Jerusalem) there were divisions, places appointed for them, and distributed among them. Thus were they settled free and easy, tho' few and poor. And they might have been happy, but for that general lukewarmness, with which they are charged by the prophet Malachi, who prophesied about this time and in whom prophecy ceased for some ages, 'till it revived in the great prophet.