Joshua 21:8
So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
9From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name
Cross References
Numbers 32:2So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
Numbers 35:3The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
Joshua 21:3So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
Proverbs 18:18Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:2-9
The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 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… Read the whole commentary →