Joshua 21:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So the Israelites gave these cities with their pasture lands to the Levites, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, by lot.

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} gave{H5414} by lot{H1486} unto the Levites{H3881} these cities{H5892} with their suburbs,{H4054} as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} by{H3027} Moses.{H4872}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} by lot{H1486} unto the Levites{H3881} these cities{H5892} with their suburbs{H4054}, as the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So the children of Israel gaue these cities and their suburbes vnto the Leuites by lott, as the LORDE commaunded by Moses.

  • 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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbes, as the Lord commaunded by the hand of Moyses.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the LORD had instructed Moses.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 21:3 : 3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
  • Prov 18:18 : 18 The lot causes contentions to cease and decides between the mighty.
  • Num 32:2 : 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
  • Num 33:54 : 54 You shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give the smaller inheritance: everyone's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
  • Num 35:3 : 3 And the cities they shall have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
  • Josh 18:6 : 6 You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Josh 21:2-7
    6 verses
    88%

    2 And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their suburbs for our livestock.

    3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command 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, who 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 To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, 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 pasturelands.

    65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, 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 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 spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

    2 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and give to the Levites suburbs for the cities around them as well.

  • Josh 14:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1 And these are the lands which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed as inheritance to them.

    2 Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

    3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

    4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and for their possessions.

    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 you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe:'

  • Num 8:20
    77%

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

  • Num 35:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7 So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities: these shall you give with their suburbs.

    8 And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many you shall give many; but from them that have few you shall give few: everyone shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits.

    9 And the LORD spoke to 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-eight cities with their suburbs.

    42 These cities were each with their suburbs around them: thus were all these cities.

  • Num 2:33
    74%

    33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Josh 18:10
    74%

    10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land among the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Josh 21:20
    74%

    20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who 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 You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts and bring the description here 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, 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 Joshua charged those who went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, describe it, and return to me that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.

  • Ezek 47:21
    73%

    21 So shall you divide this land among 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, as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

  • Num 34:29
    72%

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

  • Num 34:16
    72%

    16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Josh 13:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

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

    33 But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them.

  • Num 31:47
    71%

    47 Even from the children of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites who 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 you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their portions, says the Lord GOD.

  • Num 8:23
    71%

    23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 1 Chr 6:61
    71%

    61 And to the sons of Kohath, those remaining of the family of that tribe, were given cities out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

  • Josh 21:34
    71%

    34 And to 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%

    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 to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho.

  • Josh 19:51
    71%

    51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua 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 completed the division of the country.

  • Josh 20:8
    70%

    8 And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.