Joshua 21:2 - Tree of Life Version

² and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying: “Adonai commanded through Moses to give us towns to live in, with their pastures for our cattle.”

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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

“But as for the towns of the Levites, the Levites may have a permanent right of redemption for the houses in the towns of their possession.

Matthew 10:10

or a bag for the journey, or two shirts, or sandals, or a walking stick; for the worker is entitled to his food.

Galatians 6:6

Now let the one who is taught the word share all good things with his teacher.

Joshua 14:5

As Adonai had commanded Moses, so Bnei-Yisrael did, and apportioned the land.

Joshua 18:1

Then the whole congregation of Bnei-Yisrael assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there, after the land was now subdued before them.

Joshua 21:3

So Bnei-Yisrael gave to the Levites from their inheritance, according to the command of Adonai, these towns and their pastures: