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Levitical Cities

35 The Lord told Moses in the wilderness of Moab, beside the Jordan River near[a] Jericho, “Instruct the Israelis to set aside a portion of their inheritance for the descendants of Levi to live in, along with grazing land surrounding their towns. The towns are to be reserved for their dwelling places and the grazing lands[b] are to be reserved for their cattle, livestock, and all their animals.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 35:1 Lit. up against
  2. Numbers 35:3 Or suburbs

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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