NET Bible
"So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the LORD had instructed Moses."
— Joshua 21:8, NET Bible
“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 unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses. ”
“The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the LORD had instructed Moses.
They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.
They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.
They assigned them Kiriath Arba(Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.