Joshua 21:8

Modern English Version

The Israelites allotted the Levites these cities and their grazing lands, as the Lord commanded through Moses.

Cross References

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is 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 thereof is from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting lots settles disputes; and keeps the mighty apart.

Numbers 32:2

the Gadites and the Reubenites came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the assembly, saying,

Numbers 33:54

You will possess the land by lot for an inheritance among your families, and to the larger you will give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller you will give the smaller inheritance. Every man’s inheritance will be in the place where his lot falls. By the tribes of your fathers you will inherit.

Numbers 35:3

The cities will be for them to dwell in, and their pasturelands will be for their livestock, and for their property, and for all their animals.

Joshua 18:6

So describe the land in seven portions and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua 21:3

So according to the word of the Lord, out of their inheritance the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their grazing lands.

Joshua 21:7

Descendants of Merari by their clans received an allotment of twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they gave the following cities with these names,