Joshua 21:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and or Cad and of Zabulon, twelve cities.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² They said to them at Shiloh in Canaan, The Lord commanded through Moses that we should be given cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands (suburbs) for our cattle.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

Common English Bible

² They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan: “The LORD gave a command through Moses to give us cities to live in and their pasturelands for our cattle.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And they spoke to them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, and they said, "The Lord instructed, by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given to us as habitations, with their suburbs to nourish our cattle."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.

Joshua 21:2 Cross References

Leviticus 25:32

7 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor exact of him any increase of fruits.

Matthew 10:10

8 And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:

Galatians 6:6

5 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

Joshua 14:5

0 The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as he promised until this present day. It is forty and five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this day I am eighty-five years old,

Joshua 18:1

The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.

Joshua 21:3

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.