Joshua 21:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Joshua 21:8 Cross References

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Proverbs 16:33

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

Proverbs 18:18

The lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.

Numbers 32:2

So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation,

Numbers 33:54

You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.

Numbers 35:3

The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts.

Joshua 18:6

And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua 21:3

So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasture lands out of their inheritance.

Joshua 21:7

The Merarites according to their families received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Joshua 21:9

Out of the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon they gave the following cities mentioned by name,