Joshua 21:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD had told Moses that he would show the Israelites which towns and pastures to give to the clans of Levi, and he did.

Cross References

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi, you are brothers, each a gruesome sword.

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.

Proverbs 16:33

We make our own decisions, but the LORD alone determines what happens.

Proverbs 18:18

Drawing straws is one-way to settle a difficult case.

Numbers 32:2

So they went to Moses, Eleazar, and the other leaders of Israel and said,

Numbers 33:54

I will show you how to divide the land among the tribes, according to the number of clans in each one, so that the larger tribes will have more land than the smaller ones.

Numbers 35:3

That way, the Levites will have towns to live in and pastures for their animals.

Joshua 21:3

Since the LORD had said this, the leaders of the other Israelite tribes agreed to give some of the towns and pastures from their tribal lands to Levi.

Joshua 21:7

The clans that were descendants of Merari received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

The descendants of Aaron from the Kohath clans of Levi were priests, and they were chosen to receive towns first. They were given thirteen towns and the pasture land around them. Nine of these towns were from the tribes of Judah and Simeon and four from Benjamin. Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh were from Judah and Simeon. Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, was earlier called Arba's Town. It had been named after Arba, the ancestor of the Anakim. Hebron's pasture lands went along with the town, but its farmlands and the villages around it had been given to Caleb. Hebron was also one of the Safe Towns for people who had accidentally killed someone. Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth, and Almon were from Benjamin.