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People tagged in the matching LV passage: God · Jacob (Israel) · Moses
Dictionary: Moses
OET-LV And_ the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) _they_gave to_Lēviyyiy DOM the_cities the_these and_DOM lands_of_their_pasture just_as YHWH he_had_commanded by_the_hand_of Mosheh by_lot.
OET (OET-RV) So the Israeli leaders gave those cities and their surrounding fields to the Levites, just as Yahweh had instructed through Mosheh (Moses).
So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands,
¶ The people of Israel gave these towns and the grasslands around them to the clan of Levi by throwing lots,
¶ The Israel people gave the towns listed here and the lands around them for grazing livestock to the Levi people by throwing lots.
So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands: Here is another way to translate this part of the verse:
the Israelites gave these towns and their grasslands to the clan of Levi by throwing lots
as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
just as Yahweh had commanded Moses to tell them to do.
Yahweh had told Moses that they must do this.
as the LORD had commanded through Moses: This part of the verse is similar to verse 21:2b.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
just as Yahweh had commanded Moses to tell them to do
Yahweh had told Moses that they must do this
Verse 8 is a summary statement of verses 4–7. It restates the information that was first said in verse 3.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֖ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_gave sons_of Yisrael to,Levites DOM the,cities the=these and=DOM lands_of,their_pasture just=as commanded YHWH by,the_hand_of Mosheh by,lot )
See how you translated the same expression in Joshua 14:2. Alternate translation: [through Moses]
OET-LV And_ the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) _they_gave to_Lēviyyiy DOM the_cities the_these and_DOM lands_of_their_pasture just_as YHWH he_had_commanded by_the_hand_of Mosheh by_lot.
OET (OET-RV) So the Israeli leaders gave those cities and their surrounding fields to the Levites, just as Yahweh had instructed through Mosheh (Moses).
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.