Joshua 21:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 These towns and their pasturelands the Israelites gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Israelites gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands (suburbs), as the Lord commanded through Moses. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses. Common English Bible So the Israelites gave these cities and their pasturelands to the Levites by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded through Moses. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs to the Levites, just as the Lord instructed by the hand of Moses, distributing to each by lot. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot. |
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.
Casting the lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.
the Gadites and the Reubenites came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans; to a large one you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small one you shall give a small inheritance; the inheritance shall belong to the person on whom the lot falls; according to your ancestral tribes you shall apportion it.
The towns shall be theirs to live in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle, for their livestock, and for all their animals.
You shall write a description of the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
So by command of the Lord the Israelites gave to the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their inheritance.
The Merarites according to their families received twelve towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun.
Out of the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon they gave the following towns mentioned by name,