590 B
590 B
casting of lots
A random method of choosing to remove the choice from the leader's will, often done with the idea that God will decide the outcome.
Kohathites
Translate the same way as in Numbers 3:27, 30, 4:18, 34, 37, 10:21, 26:57, 1 Chron. 6:33, 54, 61, 9:32, 2 Chron. 20:19, 29:12 and 34:12. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
thirteen cities, ten cities
A number of cities. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
half tribe
Half the tribe because the other half received their inheritance before crossing the Jordan River.