Joshua 21:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

So the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbes, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 21:3 : 3 So the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritance at the commaundement of the Lord these cities with their suburbes.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lappe: but the whole disposition thereof is of the Lord.
  • Prov 18:18 : 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and maketh a partition among the mightie.
  • Num 32:2 : 2 Then the children of Gad, and the childre of Reuben came, and spake vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the princes of the Congregation, saying,
  • Num 33:54 : 54 And ye shall inherite the land by lot according to your families: to the more yee shall giue more inheritance, and to the fewer the lesse inheritance. Where the lot shall fall to any man, that shall be his: according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherite.
  • Num 35:3 : 3 So they shall haue the cities to dwell in, & their suburbes shall be for their cattell, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
  • Josh 18:6 : 6 Ye shall describe the land therefore into seuen partes, and shall bring them hither to me, and I will cast lottes for you here before the Lorde our God.

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  • Josh 21:2-7
    6 verses
    88%

    2And spake vnto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lorde commanded by the hande of Moses, to giue vs cities to dwell in, with the suburbes thereof for our cattell.

    3So the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritance at the commaundement of the Lord these cities with their suburbes.

    4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron ye Priest, which were of the Leuites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Iudah, & out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin thirteene 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 halfe tribe of Manasseh, tenne cities.

    6Also the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, & out of the tribe of Asher, and out of ye tribe of Naphtali, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene 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, twelue cities.

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

    63Vnto the sonnes of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelue cities.

    64Thus the children of Israel gaue to the Leuites cities with their suburbes.

    65And they gaue by lot out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which they called by their names.

  • Josh 21:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, & out of the tribe of the children of Simeo, these cities which are here named.

    10And they were the childrens of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites, and of the sonnes of Leui, (for theirs was the first lot)

  • Num 35:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaine of Moab by Iorden, toward Iericho, saying,

    2Commande ye children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritace of their possession, cities to dwell in: yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites the suburbes of the cities round about them.

  • Josh 14:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1These also are the places which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun and the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,

    2By the lot of their inheritance, as the Lord had commaunded by the hande of Moses, to giue to the nine tribes, and the halfe tribe.

    3For Moses had giuen inheritance vnto two tribes & an halfe tribe, beyond Iorde: but vnto the Leuites he gaue none inheritance among them.

    4For the childre of Ioseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gaue no part vnto the Leuites in the lande, saue cities to dwell in, with the suburbes of the same for their beastes and their substance.

    5As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did when they deuided the land.

  • Num 34:13
    78%

    13Then Moses commaunded the children of Israel, saying, This is the lande which yee shall inherite by lot, which the Lord commaunded to giue vnto nine tribes and halfe the tribe.

  • Num 8:20
    77%

    20Then Moses and Aaron and all the Cogregation of the children of Israel did with the Leuites, according vnto all that the Lorde had commanded Moses concerning the Leuites: so did the children of Israel vnto them.

  • Num 35:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7All the cities which yee shall giue to the Leuites, shalbe eight and fourtie cities: them shal ye giue with their suburbes.

    8And concerning the cities which yee shall giue, of the possession of the children of Israel: of many ye shall take mo, and of few ye shall take lesse: euery one shall giue of his cities vnto the Leuites, according to his inheritance, which hee inheriteth.

    9And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

  • Josh 21:40-42
    3 verses
    76%

    40So all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families (which were the rest of the families of the Leuites) were by their lot, twelue cities.

    41And all the cities of the Leuites within the possession of the children of Israel, were eight and fourtie with their suburbes.

    42These cities lay euery one seuerallie with their suburbes round about them: so were all these cities.

  • Num 2:33
    74%

    33But the Leuites were not nombred among the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  • Josh 18:10
    74%

    10Then Ioshua cast lottes for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Ioshua deuided the land vnto the children of Israel, according to their portions:

  • Josh 21:20
    74%

    20But to the families of the children of Kohath of the Leuites, which were the rest of the children of Kohath (for the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim)

  • Josh 18:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6Ye shall describe the land therefore into seuen partes, and shall bring them hither to me, and I will cast lottes for you here before the Lorde our God.

    7But the Leuites shall haue no part among you: for the Priesthood of the Lorde is their inheritance: also Gad and Reuben and halfe the tribe of Manasseh haue receiued their inheritance beyond Iorden Eastward, which Moses the seruant of the Lord gaue them.

    8Then the men arose, and went their way: and Ioshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Depart, and goe through the land, and describe it, and returne to me, that I may here cast lottes for you before the Lord in Shiloh.

  • Ezek 47:21
    73%

    21So shall ye deuide this lande vnto you, according to the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 13:8
    72%

    8For with halfe therof the Reubenites & the Gadites haue receiued their inheritance, which Moses gaue them beyond Iorden Eastward, euen as Moses the seruant of the Lord had giuen them,

  • Num 34:29
    72%

    29These are they, whome the Lord commanded to deuide the inheritance vnto the children of Israel, in the land of Canaan.

  • Num 34:16
    72%

    16Againe the Lord spake to Moses, saying,

  • Josh 13:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32These are the heritages, which Moses did distribute in the plaine of Moab beyond Iorden, toward Iericho Eastward.

    33But vnto the tribe of Leui Moses gaue none inheritance: for the Lorde God of Israel is their inheritance, as he said vnto them.

  • Num 31:47
    71%

    47Moses, I say, tooke of the halfe that perteined vnto the children of Israel, one taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, and of the cattell, and gaue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lorde, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

  • Num 31:31
    71%

    31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  • Ezek 48:29
    71%

    29This is the lande, which ye shall distribute vnto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, & these are their portions, saith the Lorde God.

  • Num 8:23
    71%

    23And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

  • 1 Chr 6:61
    71%

    61And vnto the sonnes of Kohath the remnant of the familie of the tribe, euen of the halfe tribe of the halfe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.

  • Josh 21:34
    71%

    34Also vnto the families of the children of Merari the rest of the Leuites, they gaue out of the tribe of Zebulun, Iokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbes,

  • Josh 21:26
    71%

    26All the cities for the other families of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbes.

  • Num 36:13
    71%

    13These are the commandements and lawes which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, vnto the children of Israel in the plaine of Moab, by Iorden toward Iericho.

  • Josh 19:51
    71%

    51These are ye heritages which Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun, & the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel deuided by lot in Shiloh before the Lorde at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: so they made an ende of deuiding the countrey.

  • Josh 20:8
    70%

    8And on the other side Iorden toward Iericho Eastward, they appoynted Bezer in the wildernesse vpon the plaine, 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.