Cities for the Levites

Numbers 35

¹ And the LORD spoke to Moses in _a the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying: ² _b "Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites _c common-land around the cities. ³ "They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals. ⁴ "The common-land of the cities which you will give the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around. ⁵ "And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits. The city shall be in the middle. This shall belong to them as common-land for the cities.

⁶ "Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint _d six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities. ⁷ "So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be _e forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land. ⁸ "And the cities which you will give shall be _f from the possession of the children of Israel; _g from the larger tribe you shall give many, from the smaller you shall give few. Each shall give some of its cities to the Levites, in proportion to the inheritance that each receives."

1. Cross References
   Numbers 33:50
   Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying.
   
2. Cross References
   Joshua 14:3
   For Moses had given the inheritance of the two ...
   Joshua 14:4
   For the children of Joseph were two tribes: Man...
   Joshua 21:2
   And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of...
   Joshua 21:3
   So the children of Israel gave to the Levites f...
   Ezekiel 45:1
   Moreover, when you divide the land by lot into ...
   Ezekiel 48:10 - 20
   To these - to the priests - the holy district s...
   
3. Cross References
   Leviticus 25:32 - 34
   Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 4:41
   Then Moses set apart three cities on this side ...
   Joshua 20:2
   Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'Appoi...
   Joshua 20:7
   So they appointed Kedesh in Galilee, in the mou...
   Joshua 20:8
   And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho...
   Joshua 21:3
   So the children of Israel gave to the Levites f...
   Joshua 21:13
   Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they g...
   
5. Cross References
   Joshua 21:41
   All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands.
   
6. Cross References
   Joshua 21:3
   So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common-lands:
   
7. Cross References
   Numbers 26:54
   To a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.
   Numbers 33:54
   And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone's inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
   

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