Joshua 21:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

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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.

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.

Joshua 21:8 Cross References

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.

Genesis 49:7

Their anger is cursed, for it is strong, and their fury, for it is cruel! I will disperse them throughout Jacob and scatter them throughout Israel.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the  Lord.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting the lot  ends quarrels and separates powerful opponents.

Numbers 32:2

So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the leaders of the community and said,

Numbers 33:54

You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.

Numbers 35:3

The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their other animals.

Joshua 18:6

When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots  for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.

Joshua 21:3

So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.

Joshua 21:7

Merari’s descendants received twelve cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeon