Joshua 21:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Cross References

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.

Genesis 49:7

Their anger is cursed, for it is strong, and their fury, for it is cruel! I will disperse them throughout Jacob and scatter them throughout Israel.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates powerful opponents.

Numbers 32:2

So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said:

Numbers 33:54

You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.

Numbers 35:3

The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their other animals.

Joshua 18:6

When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.

Joshua 21:3

So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.

Joshua 21:7

Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeon