Joshua 21:8

New International Version

So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Cross References

Genesis 49:5

“Simeon and Levi are brothers— their swords are weapons of violence.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in 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 settles disputes and keeps strong opponents apart.

Numbers 32:2

So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said,

Numbers 33:54

Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.

Numbers 35:3

Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.

Joshua 18:6

After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the Lord our God.

Joshua 21:3

So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

Joshua 21:7

The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name