Joshua 21:8

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 21:3 : 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.
  • Prov 18:18 : 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.
  • Num 32:2 : 2 the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
  • Num 33:54 : 54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
  • Num 35:3 : 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
  • Josh 18:6 : 6 And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 21:2-7
    6 verses
    88%

    2and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

    3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

    4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

    5And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

    6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

    7The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:63-65
    3 verses
    82%

    63Unto the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

    64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.

    65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

  • Josh 21:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:

    10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

  • Num 35:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

    2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

  • Josh 14:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,

    2by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

    3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

    4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance.

    5As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.

  • Num 34:13
    78%

    13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

  • Num 8:20
    77%

    20Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all that Jehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.

  • Num 35:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them [shall ye give] with their suburbs.

    8And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.

    9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Josh 21:40-42
    3 verses
    76%

    40All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

    41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

    42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

  • Num 2:33
    74%

    33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  • Josh 18:10
    74%

    10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Josh 21:20
    74%

    20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

  • Josh 18:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.

    7For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.

    8And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.

  • Ezek 47:21
    73%

    21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 13:8
    72%

    8With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them:

  • Num 34:29
    72%

    29These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • Num 34:16
    72%

    16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Josh 13:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.

    33But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spake unto them.

  • Num 31:47
    71%

    47even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  • Num 31:31
    71%

    31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  • Ezek 48:29
    71%

    29This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Num 8:23
    71%

    23And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 1 Chr 6:61
    71%

    61And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath [were given] by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

  • Josh 21:34
    71%

    34And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,

  • Josh 21:26
    71%

    26All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

  • Num 36:13
    71%

    13These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

  • Josh 19:51
    71%

    51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

  • Josh 20:8
    70%

    8And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.