Joshua 21:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

While the Israelites were still camped at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, the family leaders of the Levi tribe went to speak to the priest Eleazar, Joshua, and the family leaders of the other Israelite tribes. The leaders of Levi said, “The LORD told Moses that you have to give us towns and provide pastures for our animals.”

Cross References

Genesis 49:7

Now I place a curse on you because of your fierce anger. Your descendants will be scattered among the tribes of Israel.

Exodus 6:14

The following men were the heads of their ancestral clans: The sons of Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Exodus 6:25

Aaron's son Eleazar married one of Putiel's daughters, and their son was Phinehas. This ends the list of those who were the heads of clans in the Levi tribe.

Numbers 35:1

While the people of Israel were still camped in the lowlands of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho, the LORD told Moses

Numbers 35:8

Since the towns for the Levites must come from Israel's own tribal lands, the larger tribes will give more towns than the smaller ones.

Joshua 14:1

Nine and a half tribes still did not have any land, although two and a half tribes had already received land east of the River Jordan. Moses had divided that land among them, and he had also said that the Levi tribe would not receive a large region like the other tribes. Instead, the people of Levi would receive towns and the nearby pastures for their sheep, goats, and cattle. And since the descendants of Joseph had become the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, there were still nine and a half tribes that needed land. The LORD had told Moses that he would show those tribes how to divide up the land of Canaan. When the priest Eleazar, Joshua, and the leaders of the families and tribes of Israel met to divide up the land of Canaan, the LORD showed them how to do it.