Joshua 21:8

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

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  • Josh 21:3 : 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
  • 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 divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
  • Num 35:3 : 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
  • Josh 18:6 : 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 21:2-7
    6 verses
    88%

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

    3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

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

    5 And 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.

    6 And 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.

    7 The children of Merari by 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%

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

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

    65 And 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 called by their names.

  • Josh 21:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9 And 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,

    10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

  • Num 35:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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

  • Josh 14:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and hua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

    2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

    3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

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

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

  • Num 34:13
    78%

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

  • Num 8:20
    77%

    20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.

  • Num 35:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

    8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

    9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Josh 21:40-42
    3 verses
    76%

    40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

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

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

  • Num 2:33
    74%

    33 But the Levites were not mbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Josh 18:10
    74%

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

  • Josh 21:20
    74%

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

  • Josh 18:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

    7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

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

  • Ezek 47:21
    73%

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

  • Josh 13:8
    72%

    8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

  • Num 34:29
    72%

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

  • Num 34:16
    72%

    16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Josh 13:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

    33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

  • Num 31:47
    71%

    47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 31:31
    71%

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

  • Ezek 48:29
    71%

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

  • Num 8:23
    71%

    23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 1 Chr 6:61
    71%

    61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

  • Josh 21:34
    71%

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

  • Josh 21:26
    71%

    26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

  • Num 36:13
    71%

    13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

  • Josh 19:51
    71%

    51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and hua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

  • Josh 20:8
    70%

    8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon 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.