³⁴ But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.^(A)

Towns for the Levites

35 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,^(A) the Lord said to Moses, ² “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in^(B) from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands^(C) around the towns. ³ Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.^(D)

⁴ “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits^[a] from the town wall.