Joshua 21:8

World English Bible (2000)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 21:3 : 3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.
  • Prov 18:18 : 18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
  • 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 princes of the congregation, saying,
  • Num 33:54 : 54 You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
  • Num 35:3 : 3 The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals.
  • Josh 18:6 : 6 You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh 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%

    2They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."

    3The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.

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

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

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

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

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

    63To 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.

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

    65They 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%

    9They 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:

    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%

    1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at 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 you shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites.

  • Josh 14:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,

    2by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh 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 to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

    4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their livestock and for their property.

    5The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses, and they divided the land.

  • Num 34:13
    78%

    13Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

  • Num 8:20
    77%

    20Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

  • Num 35:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.

    8Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites."

    9Yahweh spoke to 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. Their lot was twelve cities.

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

    42Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.

  • Num 2:33
    74%

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

  • Josh 18:10
    74%

    10Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Josh 21:20
    74%

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

  • Josh 18:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.

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

    8The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, "Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh."

  • Ezek 47:21
    73%

    21So you shall divide this land to 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 Yahweh gave them:

  • Num 34:29
    72%

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

  • Num 34:16
    72%

    16Yahweh spoke to 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 to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance. Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to 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 animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the tabernacle of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

  • Num 31:31
    71%

    31Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.

  • Ezek 48:29
    71%

    29This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Num 8:23
    71%

    23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 1 Chr 6:61
    71%

    61To 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%

    34To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, 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 Yahweh commanded by Moses to 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, 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 Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

  • Josh 20:8
    70%

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