SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 6:71

6:71a The Gershomites received the following:

This is a record of the towns and territory⌋ assigned ⌊by means of sacred lots⌋ to the clan of Gershon.
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The people of Israel⌋ gave the clans of ⌊Levi’s son⌋ Gershon ⌊their own towns and nearby open/uncultivated land too⌋ .
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The Gershonites received/inherited/got this ⌊land⌋ .

6:71b From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth,

From ⌊the territory of⌋ the tribe of East Manasseh, they received/got ⌊the towns of⌋ Ashtaroth and Golan in Bashan ⌊region⌋ .
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Manasseh’s sub-clan which lived in Bashan ⌊area⌋ gave them Golan and Ashtaroth ⌊towns⌋ .
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The eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh which lived in ⌊the hills of⌋ Bashan gave them Golan ⌊town and the uncultivated land around it⌋ . ⌊They gave them the town of⌋ Ashtaroth

6:71c together with their pasturelands.

They⌋ also ⌊received/got⌋ the grazing land surrounding these ⌊towns⌋ .
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They gave them both these towns⌋ and the nearby open/uncultivated land.
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and the uncultivated land around it.

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