Joshua 21:8

The Message

So the People of Israel gave these cities with their pastures to the Levites just as God had ordered through Moses, that is, by lot.

Cross References

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are two of a kind, ready to fight at the drop of a hat. I don’t want anything to do with their vendettas, want no part in their bitter feuds; They kill men in fits of temper, slash oxen on a whim.

Genesis 49:7

A curse on their uncontrolled anger, on their indiscriminate wrath. I’ll throw them out with the trash; I’ll shred and scatter them like confetti throughout Israel.

Proverbs 16:33

Make your motions and cast your votes, but God has the final say.

Proverbs 18:18

You may have to draw straws when faced with a tough decision.

Numbers 33:54

“Divide up the land by lot according to the size of your clans: Large clans will get large tracts of land, small clans will get smaller tracts of land. However the lot falls, that’s it. Divide it up according to your ancestral tribes.

Joshua 18:6

“You are responsible for preparing a survey map showing seven portions. Then bring it to me so that I can cast lots for you here in the presence of our God.

Joshua 21:3

So the People of Israel, out of their own inheritance, gave the Levites, just as God commanded, the following cities and pastures:

Joshua 21:7

The families of the Merarites received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9

They assigned from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin the following towns, here named individually (these were for the descendants of Aaron who were from the families of the Kohathite branch of Levi because the first lot fell to them):