Joshua 21:8

New Living Translation

So the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s command to Moses and assigned these towns and pasturelands to the Levites by casting sacred lots.

Cross References

Genesis 49:5

“Simeon and Levi are two of a kind; their weapons are instruments of violence.

Genesis 49:7

A curse on their anger, for it is fierce; a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob; I will disperse them throughout Israel.

Proverbs 16:33

We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall.

Proverbs 18:18

Flipping a coin can end arguments; it settles disputes between powerful opponents.

Numbers 32:2

they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the other leaders of the community. They said,

Numbers 33:54

You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.

Numbers 35:3

These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.

Joshua 18:6

And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the Lord our God to assign land to each tribe.

Joshua 21:3

So by the command of the Lord the people of Israel gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own grants of land.

Joshua 21:7

The clan of Merari was allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

The Israelites gave the following towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon