Joshua 21:2
Good News Translation
There at Shiloh in the land of Canaan they said to them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that we were to be given cities to live in, as well as pasture land around them for our livestock."

New Revised Standard Version
they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given towns to live in, along with their pasture lands for our livestock.”

New American Bible
at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, and said to them, “The LORD commanded, through Moses, that cities be given us to dwell in, with pasture lands for our livestock.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.

Shiloh

Joshua 18:1 And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them.

The Lord

Numbers 35:2-8 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions, . . .

Ezekiel 48:9-18 The firstfruits which you shall set apart for the Lord will be the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand. . . .

Matthew 10:10 Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Galatians 6:6 And let him that is instructed in the word communicate to him that instructeth him, in all good things.

1 Timothy 5:17,18 Let the priests that rule well be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. . . .

Context
Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites
1Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel 2And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.3And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.…
Cross References
Leviticus 25:32
The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed.

Numbers 35:2
Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions,

Joshua 14:5
As the Lord had commanded Moses so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land.

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 21:1
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