Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot. by lot Joshua 21:3 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs. Joshua 18:6 The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God. Numbers 33:54 And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families. Numbers 35:3 Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for them cattle and beasts: Proverbs 16:33 Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord. Proverbs 18:18 The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty. as the Lord Numbers 32:2 They came to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and the princes of the multitude, and said: Context Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites…7And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and of Gad and of Zabulon, twelve cities. 8And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot.9Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Joshua gave cities: whose names are these,… Cross References Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity waging war. Joshua 21:7 And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and of Gad and of Zabulon, twelve cities. Joshua 21:9 Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Joshua gave cities: whose names are these, Lexicon So the Israelitesבְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son allotted וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (way·yit·tə·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set to the Levites לַלְוִיִּ֔ם (lal·wî·yim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi these הָאֵ֖לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those cities הֶעָרִ֥ים (he·‘ā·rîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement along with their pasturelands, מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ן (miḡ·rə·šê·hen) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 4054: A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea as כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had commanded צִוָּ֧ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order through בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand Moses. מֹשֶׁ֖ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver Additional Translations So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities along with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.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. And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses. And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot. And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses. 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. 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. The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses. And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot. 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