Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel]; their swords are weapons of violence. [Gen. 34:25-29.]
Joshua 21:8 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Israelites gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands (suburbs), as the Lord commanded through Moses. 更多版本King 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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses. |
Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel]; their swords are weapons of violence. [Gen. 34:25-29.]
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him].
So the sons of Gad and of Reuben came and said to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation,
You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
They shall have the cities to dwell in and their [suburb] pasturelands shall be for their cattle, for their wealth [in flocks], and for all their beasts.
You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
So the Israelites gave to the Levites out of their own inheritance, at the command of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.
The Merarites received according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun twelve cities.