Joshua 21:8

New American Bible - revised edition

These cities with their pasture lands the Israelites gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses. Cities of the Priests.

Cross References

Genesis 49:5

“Simeon and Levi, brothers indeed, weapons of violence are their knives.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their fury so fierce, and their rage so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob, disperse them throughout Israel.

Proverbs 16:33

Into the bag the lot is cast, but from the Lord comes every decision.

Proverbs 18:18

The lot puts an end to disputes, and decides a controversy between the mighty.

Numbers 32:2

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

Numbers 33:54

You will apportion the land among yourselves by lot, clan by clan, assigning a large heritage to a large clan and a small heritage to a small clan. Wherever anyone’s lot falls, there will his possession be; you will apportion these shares within your ancestral tribe.

Numbers 35:3

The cities will be for them to dwell in, and the pasture lands will be for their cattle, their flocks, and all their other animals.

Joshua 18:6

You shall bring to me here the description of the land in seven sections. I will then cast lots for you here before the Lord, our God.

Joshua 21:3

Out of their own heritage, according to the command of the Lord, the Israelites gave the Levites the following cities with their pasture lands.

Joshua 21:7

From the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun, the clans of the Merarites obtained twelve cities.

Joshua 21:9

From the tribes of the Judahites and Simeonites they gave the following cities