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Towns for the Levites

35 The Lord spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

Command the people of Israel to give the Levites cities[a] to live in from the territory assigned to them as their possession. They will also give the Levites the pasturelands around those cities. The Levites will then have cities to live in. Their pasturelands will be for their cattle, their flocks and herds, and all their other animals.

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  1. Numbers 35:2 Some of these settlements were smaller than what is usually denoted by the English word city.

Towns for the Levites

35 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,(A) the Lord said to Moses, “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. Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.(D)

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