Numbers 35:1-3

Lexham English Bible

Cities for the Levites

35 Yahweh spoke to Moses on the desert plains of Moab beyond the Jordan across Jericho, saying, ² “Command the Israelites^[a] that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their property cities to live in; and you will give to the Levites pastureland all around the cities.^{[b] 3} The cities will be theirs to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their domestic animals, for their possessions, and their animals.^[c]