Joshua 21:8

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel]; their swords are weapons of violence. [Gen. 34:25-29.]

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was 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 of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him].

Proverbs 18:18

To cast lots puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.

Numbers 32:2

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

Numbers 33:54

You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the small tribe you shall give a smaller 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

They shall have the cities to dwell in and their [suburb] pasturelands shall be for their cattle, for their wealth [in flocks], and for all their beasts.

Joshua 18:6

You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua 21:3

So the Israelites gave to the Levites out of their own inheritance, at the command of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

Joshua 21:7

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

Joshua 21:9

They gave from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities here mentioned by name,