"Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. Cross References Leviticus 25:34 But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession. Numbers 35:1 Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: Numbers 35:3 The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. Deuteronomy 18:6 Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose, Joshua 21:2 at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock." 2 Chronicles 11:14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 31:19 As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around each of their cities or in any other city, men were designated by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed by the genealogies. Treasury of Scripture Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give also to the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. Leviticus 25:32,33 Joshua 14:3,4 Joshua 21:2 |