Joshua 21:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs to the Levites, just as the Lord instructed by the hand of Moses, distributing to each by lot.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The Israelites gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands (suburbs), as the Lord commanded through Moses.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.

Common English Bible

⁸ So the Israelites gave these cities and their pasturelands to the Levites by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot.

English Standard Version 2016

⁸ These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Joshua 21:8 Cross References

Genesis 49:5

The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their fury, because it was obstinate, and their indignation, because it was harsh. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.

Proverbs 16:33

Lots are cast into the lap, but they are tempered by the Lord.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting a lot suppresses contentions and passes judgment, even among the powerful.

Numbers 32:2

they went to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the multitude, and they said:

Numbers 33:54

which you shall divide among you by lot. To the greater number you shall give more, and to the lesser number, less. To each one, just as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be distributed. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and families.

Numbers 35:3

cities as dwelling places, with their surrounding suburbs, so that they may lodge in the towns, and so that the suburbs may be for cattle and beasts of burden.

Joshua 18:6

The land that is in the middle, between these, write it down in seven parts. And you shall come to me, so that I may cast lots for you about this, before the Lord your God.

Joshua 21:3

And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs from their possessions, in accord with the order of the Lord.

Joshua 21:7

And to the sons of Merari, by their families, from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun, there went twelve cities.

Joshua 21:9

From the tribes of the sons of Judah and Simeon, Joshua gave cities, whose names are these: