Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by Moses.
New American Standard Bible
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King James 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.
Holman Bible
The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
International Standard Version
The Israelis apportioned these cities, along with their pasture lands, to the descendants of Levi by random lot, just as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
A Conservative Version
And the sons of Israel gave these cities by lot to the Levites with their suburbs, as LORD commanded by Moses.
American Standard Version
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.
Amplified
The sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sons of Israel will give to the Levites these cities and their areas, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot
King James 2000
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The {Israelites} gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses.
Modern King James verseion
And the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their open lands, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses.
NET Bible
So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.
New Heart English Bible
The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as the LORD commanded by Moses.
The Emphasized Bible
So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities, with their pasture lands, - as Yahweh commanded, by the hand of Moses, by lot.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.
Interlinear
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Tsavah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 21:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Allotment Of The Levites
7 And the children of Merari by their kindreds, had out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by Moses. 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 by name:
Cross References
Joshua 21:3
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritances, at the bidding of the LORD, these cities following with their suburbs.
Numbers 32:2
they came and spake unto Moses and Eleazar the priest and unto the lords of the congregation, saying,
Numbers 33:54
And ye shall divide the inheritance of the land by lot among your kindreds, and give to the more the more inheritance, and to the fewer the less inheritance. And your inheritance shall be in the tribes of your fathers, in the place where every man's lot falleth.
Numbers 35:3
The cities shall be for them to dwell in, and the suburbs for their cattle, possession and all manner beasts of theirs.
Joshua 18:6
Describe ye the land therefore into seven parts, and bring the description to me hither, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
Proverbs 16:33
The lots are cast into the lap, but their fall standeth in the LORD.
Proverbs 18:18
The lot pacifieth the variance, and parteth the mighty asunder.